{"id":4835,"date":"2024-04-16T20:48:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T03:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4835"},"modified":"2024-06-30T21:01:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T04:01:00","slug":"the-meta-of-marble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4835","title":{"rendered":"The Meta of Marble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-7.02.15-PM-400x402.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-7.02.15-PM-400x402.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-7.02.15-PM-768x771.png 768w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-7.02.15-PM.png 998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Skira Editore Milano<\/em> just published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionbynumber.com\/product-page\/action-by-number-reza-aramesh\">a monograph<\/a> on British-Iranian artist Reza Aramesh. In addition to several texts, and an interview with the artist, ACTION: BY NUMBER contains a catalogue raisonn\u00e9 of his work from 2002 onwards, including Aramesh&#8217;s recent marble sculpture. I discuss the art-historical genesis and cultural meaning of these spectacular and frightening works in my essay &#8220;The Meta of Marble.&#8221; (pp.124\u2013129). The book was released today, in conjunction with the opening of Reza&#8217;s site-specific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionbynumber.com\">exhibition<\/a> NUMBER 207 at CHIESA DI SAN FANTIN in Venice. The exhibition was curated by Serubiri Moses, who also edited the monograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1118\" height=\"1484\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1604-2-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1604-2-edited.jpg 1118w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1604-2-edited-377x500.jpg 377w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1604-2-edited-768x1019.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I first visited Reza&#8217;s London studio in October of 2022 to talk about his marble sculpture, and during this visit we made an incredible, serendipitous discovery. It turned out that we both knew, and loved, the<a href=\"https:\/\/newcriterion.com\/2018\/04\/the-user-centric-university\/\"> late art historian and collector<\/a> Thomas Frangenberg whom I met at &#8220;The Lives of Leonardo&#8221; conference hosted by the Warburg Institute in 2007. Thomas later co-edited <a href=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=2449\">a volume<\/a> of the conference essays published by the Warburg Institute Colloquia series, and we became friends. One summer day in 2011 Thomas was my guide in Prague, sharing his vast and deep knowledge of Baroque sculpture and architecture. During a London visit the same year, I learned that Thomas was not your typical narrow-focus art historian (his academic specialization was Renaissance and Baroque)\u2014he was also a very serious collector of contemporary art. [Click on the image below and go to page 74 to read about what happened to Thomas&#8217; collection]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/contemporaryartsociety\/docs\/2018-2019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-9.17.57-PM-4-400x273.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-9.17.57-PM-4-400x273.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-9.17.57-PM-4-768x525.png 768w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-9.17.57-PM-4-1536x1050.png 1536w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-16-at-9.17.57-PM-4.png 1852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas was a committed supporter of Reza&#8217;s work, and in the years before his untimely passing, he contributed to two of Reza&#8217;s catalogues. Reading Thomas&#8217; essays made me want to write about Reza even more. It was something akin to art-historical providence, if there is such a thing. And now, that the book is out, we remember Thomas Frangenberg once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skira Editore Milano just published a monograph on British-Iranian artist Reza Aramesh. In addition to several texts, and an interview with the artist, ACTION: BY NUMBER contains a catalogue raisonn\u00e9 of his work from 2002 onwards, including Aramesh&#8217;s recent marble sculpture. 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