Lot 49: ANGELA LARIAN (IRAN, BORN 1963) The Throne (from the Khoda series) st

ANGELA LARIAN (IRAN, BORN 1963) The Throne (from the Khoda series) stainless steel and acrylic mirror Number 2 of an edition of 3, executed in 2015 length: 81cm width: 79cm height: 71cm

Provenance Property from a private collection, Los Angeles Khoda, the Persian word for God, and its related phonemes figure prominently in the current [work]. Rendered as the uncoupled or disengaging kha’-dal-alif, and repeated hypnotically, Angela’s Khoda has a different vitality, a new presence. In the large-scale versions of Khoda printed on metal, the words cluster and unravel; the colorful letters become abstract forms, modular units of architectonic design. The negative void between the letters achieves its own visual primacy. Related in meaning and form, the word Khoda’i is the active counterpart to Khoda, and perhaps can be understood as godly, or else masterly as in Angela’s interpretation. She runs together the letters of Khoda’i, which is inscribed over and over again within the geometric grid covering the back and seat of a silvery metal chair.