Hearth

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Date: 1970


 

Made of polished stainless steel, the bowl-shaped sculpture allows viewers to see the reflection of the earth and sky in its exterior and interior curves. Gasimov was inspired by the 12th century Azerbaijani poet Ganjavi and the 14th Century Azerbaijani philosopher Imadeddin Nasimi. The sculpture embodies contradictions. According to Gasimov, “its physical form, with its defnitive height and diameter, represent limits, containment, and finite, while the circles represent boundlessness, openness,