Does Nothingness have shape?
Anyone who has seen the 'Heech' sculptures of Iranian sculptor Parviz Tanavoli would most certainly say ‘Yes!’.
Probably the most well-known and the greatest Iranian sculptor of modern times, Parviz Tanavoli has, for the past six years been working and reworking the 'Heech' shape. Derived from the Iranian word 'Heech', which denotes nothingness or nil, the sharp pinnacle and rounded base of this form has inspired Tanavoli in various mediums and many different sizes.
Probably the most well-known and the greatest Iranian sculptor of modern times, Parviz Tanavoli has, for the past six years been working and reworking the 'Heech' shape. Derived from the Iranian word 'Heech', which denotes nothingness or nil, the sharp pinnacle and rounded base of this form has inspired Tanavoli in various mediums and many different sizes.
The word first came to Tanavoli in 2005, when he was looking for a way to express his indignation at the treatment of Iranian and Arab prisoners by the United States in the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba. He wished to express something greater than the powerlessness and nothingness that was happening in everyday life. And so the 'Heech' was born.
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