Live Auction 7936Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II
Hamed Rashtian (Iranian, b. 1984)
Lot 148

Hamed Rashtian (Iranian, b. 1984)

We don't need another hero (after Barbara Kruger)

Closed26 October 2011

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Hamed Rashtian (Iranian, b. 1984)
We don't need another hero (after Barbara Kruger)
signed and dated 'HAMED RASHTIAN 2011' and again in Farsi (on the side)
fiberglass and acrylic
37 7/8 x 12 x 8½in. (96 x 30.5 x 21.5cm.)
Executed in 2011; this work is unique

Specialist note

The work, in itself, has references to those innumerable classic busts on column stands that are found in almost every museum. They belong to a past that no longer exists and can only be reviewed in museums and places alike. We don't need a hero states Barbara Kruger righteously as one of her most read slogans. This phrase gains a more specific meaning within a contemporary Iranian context. It refers to a distorted and irrelevant reading of the prototype hero with an absent reference. It is simply nonsense
(Hamed Rashtian)