In the exhibition Terra Forma artists and brothers Saman and Sasan Oskouei deliver particles and perfect circles emerging from translucent layers of color reminiscent of mountain ranges, sediment layers and sunbaked soil. But these abstract landscapes offer no firm ground under our feet. Instead, we witness a series of colliding forms giving shape to enigmatic mirages of slumbering dunes covered in hazy dust clouds.
These muted hues of the layers of the earth are accompanied by forms and materials inspired by contemporary factoryscapes. However, the presence of architectural geometry and steely cold surfaces rejects any association with gloomy smokestacks or welding fumes. In a series of sculptures hard steel is playfully embraced by the rhythms of the earth and bent into organic shapes. As children of a marriage between factory dust and pollen, these fabricated plants carry forth smooth spheres of warm cherrywood as if they were sacrificial gifts – or the building blocks – of a not-too distant future.
With these bodies of soil, steel, and dust Saman and Sasan Oskouei direct our attention towards the importance of a renewed understanding of the mutual exchange between man and the constantly evolving forms of nature.