Zarouhie Abdalian

Overview

Zarouhie Abdalian (b. 1982) lives and works in New Orleans. The artist typically employs modest materials to produce subtle conceptual or formal effects that stage an alteration or a shift of perception within the immediate environment. Rooted in the particularities of site and context, her work often responds to the specific attributes of a given location, architectural setting, or social landscape. Using sound, performance and sculpture, she draws attention to the overlooked by framing a space and restoring forgotten aspects of its layered history. In this capacity, Abdalian explores the concept of labor and the movement of objects and resources in support of said labor.

Documents

Works

Zarouhie Abdalian
Raytheon, Rockwell, Teledyne, BAE, Opale, Skytron, General Electric (recorder, plotter, ventilator, detector, controller), 2023
Glazed ceramic, five parts
5 x 60 x 3/8 in
12.7 x 152.4 x 1 cm
Zarouhie Abdalian
Grief, 2022
Glazed stoneware, water
30 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 2 1/2 in
78.1 x 52.7 x 6.3 cm
Zarouhie Abdalian
how many will die for the price of grain, 2021
Flexible intermediary bulk container (food grade)
132 1/4 x 132 1/4 in
336 x 336 cm
Edition of 3
Zarouhie Abdalian
message (lower parts) ii, 2021
Gypsum cement, graphite
11 3/8 x 14 3/4 x 1 5/8 in
28.9 x 37.5 x 4.1 cm
Zarouhie Abdalian
monument to Prometheus, 2021
Engine block, terracotta
52 x 44 1/8 x 35 1/8 in
132 x 112 x 89 cm
Zarouhie Abdalian
threnody for the unwilling martyrs, 2021
Signaling bells, modular pipe, electronics
Dimensions variable
Zarouhie Abdalian
Clutch (vii), 2018
Paper clay, smoke, wax
4 1/4 x 4 x 2 1/2 in
10.8 x 10.2 x 6.3 cm
Zarouhie Abdalian
Fountain (...once water joins with water...), 2018
Water, pumps, container
Zarouhie Abdalian
Joint (i), 2016
Mirrored hand tools
3 1/2 x 10 x 4 in
8.9 x 25.4 x 10.2 cm
Zarouhie Abdalian
Buoy, 2014
Whistle, cork ball, glass, water
3 5/8 x 2 7/8 in
9.2 x 7.3 cm
Zarouhie Abdalian
Every Instance (A), 2014
Keys
15 x 9 in
38.1 x 22.9 cm
Zarouhie Abdalian
In Unison, 2014
Loudspeakers, sine tones, glass vessels, water
Dimensions variable