NARI WARD
Breathing Bear Paw, 2019
Oak wood, copper sheet, copper nails, and darkening patina
120 x 120 inches
304.8 x 304.8 cm
NARI WARD
Black Sweat, 2019
Shoelaces, shipping barrel
74 x 44 inches
188 x 111.8 cm
NARI WARD
Breathing Room, 2019
Used American history textbooks, stencil ink, French country grandfather clock with African Fang figure, copper sheet with patina, copper nails, nesting table, narrow chair, lion’s foot oval table, dome surveillance mirror, area rug
dimensions variable
NARI WARD
We the People (Arabic version), 2018
Shoelaces
60 x 224 inches
152.4 x 569 cm
NARI WARD
Anchoring Escapement; Mahogany Ithaca, 2018
Grandfather clock case, copper sheet with patina, copper nails, and African statues
86 x 20 x 12 inches
218.4 x 50.8 x 30.5 cm
NARI WARD
Mare, 2018
Oak wood, copper sheet, copper nails, and darkening patina
48 x 48 inches (diameter)
121.9 x 121.9 cm
NARI WARD
Exodus, 1993
Mixed media, tires, and fire hose
dimensions variable
Installation view of We the People
New Museum, New York
February 13 – May 26, 2019
Photo by Maris Hutchinson / EPW Studio
Installation view of We the People
New Museum, New York
February 13 – May 26, 2019
Photo by Maris Hutchinson / EPW Studio
NARI WARD
Crusader, 2005
Plastic bags, metal, shopping cart, trophy elements, bitumen, chandelier, and plastic containers
110 x 51 x 52 inches
279.4 x 129.5 x 132.1 cm
Installation view of We the People
New Museum, New York
February 13 – May 26, 2019
Photo by Maris Hutchinson / EPW Studio
NARI WARD
Iron Heavens, 1995
Oven pans, ironed sterilized cotton, and burnt wooden bats
140 x 148 x 48 inches
355.6 x 375.9 x 121.9 cm
Installation view of We the People
New Museum, New York
February 13 – May 26, 2019
Photo by Maris Hutchinson / EPW Studio
NARI WARD
Hunger Cradle, 1993
Yarn, rope, and found materials
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
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
NARI WARD
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 Sun Splashed
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Boston, MA
April 26 – September 4, 2017
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
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
Breathing Panel: Oriented Right, 2015
Oak wood, copper sheet, copper nails, darkening patina
96 x 120 inches
243.8 x 304.8 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
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
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
NARI WARD
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
NARI WARD
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
NARI WARD
Diamond Gym: Action Network, 2008
Installation view, Prospect.1 New Orleans
Battle Ground Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA
November 1, 2008 – January 18, 2009
NARI WARD
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
NARI WARD
Airplane Tears, 2005
Found TV backs and facial tissue
Dimensions variable
NARI WARD
Geography: Bottle Messenger, 2002
Bottles, lettres, wire and metal frame
900 x 400 cm
Installation view, Mudam Luxembourg