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Studio reference: SHO-BOL-2022-008
Balan is a sculptural cabinet from the Bolibana Collection, handcrafted from reclaimed oil barrels in Hamed Ouattara's studio in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The name evokes balance — formal and symbolic — a quality embodied in the work's measured proportions and the dialogue it establishes between its industrial material and its refined, hand-worked surface.
Edition of 5 — 1 available
Height: 35.44 in / 90 cm · Width: 59.06 in / 150 cm · Depth: 17.72 in / 45 cm
— Materials & Technique — Reclaimed oil drum steel · Hand-welded and finished · Pigmented patina · Protective anti-rust varnish · Handcrafted at Studio Hamed Ouattara, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso · 2022
— Provenance — Works by Hamed Ouattara are held in the permanent collections of the V&A Museum (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Vitra Design Museum (Germany), Brooklyn Museum (New York), and Denver Art Museum (USA). Represented by Friedman Benda Gallery, New York.
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