Alain Kirili
(Paris, France, 1946 - )
Untitled
1983-1984
Charcoal on paper
12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Gift of The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a National Gift program of Contemporary Art, is announced by the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
2009.30.17
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Influenced by ancient art and artifacts from Africa, India, Nepal and the Americas, Kirili’s sculptures reflect his interest in the relationship between masculine and feminine creative energies as represented in the form of the Hindu yoni (female vessel) and lingam (male phallus) symbols. Kirili traveled to India in 1980, where he photographed the yoni-lingam rituals in the temple at Taniore in the state of Tamil Nadu. This drawing is likely a study for hammered and forged iron sculptures that relate to the yoni-lingam forms.
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