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Riad Miah
For Buckminster Fuller II

About the Item

Artist: Riad Miah Title: For Buckminster Fuller II Size: 36 x 36 x 1.5 inches Medium: Oil on canvas over wood panel ' "For Buckminster Fuller II" explores and reflects upon my interest in Buckminster Fuller’s inventions, and observation of elements in physics and science. In this painting, layered shades of greens and yellows are built upon one another, focusing on the substantive properties of the paint and challenging the medium’s limits to generate greater nuances in behavior and movement. Attending to the suggestion of each individual composition, the mark making alludes to shapes that recall the essence of forms in the world of science, design, and at times imagery. I try and combine these formal elements within the floating fields of color creating intriguing visual dimensions within the shifting planes of each individual piece. The two inventions by Fuller I am interested in are the Dymaxion World Map and the Geodesic Dome. The idea of the Dymaxion map reminds me of the type of spaces I sometimes create. “The Dymaxion map or Fuller map is a projection of a world map onto the surface of an icosahedrons, which can be unfolded and flattened to two dimensions.”1 The surfaces of my paintings are flat, yet there is often a sense of depth that one sees through the layers. I became interested in the Buckminster Fuller’s Geodesic Dome because the construct of them, with their lattice structure, remind me of the grid structure I draw at the beginning of each painting to help establish composition. The other fascinating element of the Geodesic Dome’s latticework, which employs a triangular rigidity, distributes stress evenly across the structure and in turn is able to contain a maximum amount of space.'

Creator:
Riad Miah (American)
Dimensions:
Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Oil,Wood Panel
Movement & Style:
Abstract Expressionist
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU147829671782