NARI WARD
Amazing Grace, 1993
Approximately 300 baby strollers and fires hoses, sound
Dimensions variable
Installation view of We the People
New Museum, New York
February 13 – May 26, 2019
Photo by Maris Hutchinson / EPW Studio
NARI WARD
Carpet Angel, 1992
Carpet, plastic bags and mats, soda bottles and caps, screws, and ropes
140 x 155 x 104 inches
355.6 x 393.7 x 264.2 cm
Installation view of We the People
New Museum, New York
February 13 – May 26, 2019
Photo by Maris Hutchinson / EPW Studio
NARI WARD
Savior, 1996
Shopping cart, plastic garbage bags, cloth, bottles, metal fence, earth, wheel, mirror, chair, and clocks
128 x 36 x 23 inches
325.1 x 91.4 x 58.4 cm
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Glory, 2004
Oil barrel, fluorescent and ultraviolet tubes, computer parts, DVD, parrot audio, plexiglas, fan, camera casing elements, paint cans, cement, towels, and rubber roofing membrane
Dimensions variable
Installation view of We the People
Fabric Workshop and Museum
Philadelphia, PA
September 20 – November 19, 2011
NARI WARD
T.P. Reign Bow, 2012
Wood, blue tarp, brass grommets, zippers, human hair, taxidermy fox
224 x 156 x 270 inches
569 x 396.2 x 685.8 cm
NARI WARD
Worlds Otherwise Hidden
Installation view
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
May 17 – September 2, 2018
Courtesy Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
NARI WARD
Worlds Otherwise Hidden
Installation view
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
May 17 – September 2, 2018
Courtesy Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
NARI WARD
Worlds Otherwise Hidden
Installation view
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
May 17 – September 2, 2018
Courtesy Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
NARI WARD
Sun Splashed
Installation view
The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
June 24 – August 22, 2016
© The Barnes Foundation
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Smart Tree, 2016
A High Line Commission, New York, NY
April 2016 – March 2017
Photo by Timothy Schenck. Courtesy Friends of the High Line
NARI WARD
Sun Splashed
Installation view
Pérez Art Museum Miami
November 19, 2015 – March 6, 2016
Photo: Studio LHOOQ
NARI WARD
Breathing Directions
Installation view
Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
September 9 – November 1, 2015
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Breathing Directions
Installation view
Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
September 9 – November 1, 2015
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So Called
Installation view
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
February 5 – June 27, 2015
Photo by John McKinnon
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Breathing Panel: Oriented Right, 2015
Oak wood, copper sheet, copper nails, darkening patina
96 x 120 inches
243.8 x 304.8 cm
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Breathing Panel #4, 2015
Oak wood, copper sheet, copper nails, darkening patina
62 x 50 inches
157.5 x 127 cm
NARI WARD
Spellbound, 2015
Salvaged store, piano, used keys, spanish moss, light, audio and video elements
55 x 30 x 62 inches
139.7 x 76.2 x 157.5 cm
Videographer: Steven Rose, Audio composer: Austin Nelson
Commissioned by SCAD Museum of Art
NARI WARD
Oprama, 2014
Shoelaces, shipping barrel
72 x 44 x 16 inches
182.9 x 111.8 x 40.6 cm
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Bottle Field, 2013
Bottle, stool, cane, chalk boards, seeds, education poster, springs, compass, clay
73 x 17 x 19 inches
184.2 x 43.2 x 38.1 cm
NARI WARD
Liberty and Orders
Installation view
Lehmann Maupin, 201 Chrystie Street, New York
March 29 – April 21, 2012
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Homeland Sweet Homeland, 2012
Cloth, plastic, megaphones, razor wire, feathers, chains, and silver spoons
100 x 64 x 10 inches
254 x 162.6 x 25.4 cm
Made in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
NARI WARD
Blank Scale, 2012
Blankets, clothes, wood, chain
96 x 108 x 44 inches
243.8 x 274.3 x 111.8 cm
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Great Reburn, 2012
Plexiglass, aluminum, linen, flag ash, gesso, aluminet shade cloth
40 x 64 x 17 inches
101.6 x 162.6 x 43.2 cm
NARI WARD
SoulSoil, 2011
Earth, ceramic toilet fixtures, shoes, broom and mop handles, acrylic and polyurethane
236 x 236 x 236 inches
599.4 x 599.4 x 599.4 cm
Installation view, HangarBicocca
Photo by Agostino Osio
NARI WARD
Mango Tourist, 2011
Foam, battery canisters, Sprague Electric Company resistors and capacitors, mango pits
8 figures, each approximately 120 inches
Installation view, MASS MoCA
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CarouSoul, 2011
Rope, tires, metal support, shoe tips, shoe tongues, and tire rims
246 x 144 x 144 inches
624.8 x 365.8 x 365.8 cm
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China Idle, 2010
Used shoes, car tires, metal, screws
86.5 x 39.5 x 39.5 inches
219.7 x 100.3 x 100.3 cm
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Palace LiquorsouL, 2010
Metal and neon sign, wood with artificial flowers, shoelaces and shoe tips
186 x 31 x 21 inches
472.4 x 78.7 x 53.3 cm
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Riot Gate Skull side view, 2010
Stencil ink, metal gates, shoe tips and laces, 3 mil vinyl with images
76 x 53 x 5 inches
193 x 134.6 x 12.7 cm
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Star of life, 2010
Stencil ink, vinyl Chase construction banner, felt weather seal, metallic fabric
68.5 x 68.5 inches
174 x 174 cm
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AfroChase, 2010
Stencil ink, vinyl Chase construction banner, cowrie shells, afro picks, felt weather seal
44 x 91 inches
111.8 x 231.1 cm
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The new dress, 2010
Stencil ink and psychological study cards on paper
16 x 20 inches
40.6 x 50.8 cm
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Live Ball, 2010
Shoe laces
112 x 76 inches
284.5 x 193 cm
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Swing, 2010
Shoe tips, car tire, shoe tongues, rope
32 x 32 x 16 inches
81.3 x 81.3 x 40.6 cm
Rope length variable
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Diamond Gym: Action Network, 2008
Installation view, Prospect.1 New Orleans
Battle Ground Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA
November 1, 2008 – January 18, 2009
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Land, 2006
Metal, parachute materials, barrier cloth, wheels, wood, and audio
196.85 x 39.37 x 157.48 inches
500 x 100 x 400 cm
Installation view, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
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Airplane Tears, 2005
Found TV backs and facial tissue
Dimensions variable
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Geography: Bottle Messenger, 2002
Bottles, lettres, wire and metal frame
900 x 400 cm
Installation view, Mudam Luxembourg