Threshold Edition #8
Oval
Bijan Amini-Alavijeh
Oval is now available to purchase through Threshold Editions.
This edition has been produced alongside Amini-Alavijeh’s four wall mounted works that are exhibited in Sharp Edges: Apron, Arch, Colonette and Roll, all 2025.
Each of the 13 copies of this edition is unique, containing an oval form in dialogue with a supporting piece of various forms and orientations. The oval has become a signature form in Amini-Alavijeh’s work which explores recurring geometry and abstraction found in nature and architecture. This work unites the processes or drawing and sculpture making.
The work is finished using a method of patination that ensures each copy has its own unique marbled tonal surface. This is an important part of the work, and the three examples in the photographs above give a sense of the variation across the edition.
Please keep in mind that the version you receive may differ from above examples and we hope you enjoy the surprise when you recieve your copy!
Work Details:
Title: Oval
Date: 2025
Price: £80 plus £6 carriage*
Material: Patinated aluminium, wooden connecting piece. Screw provided for wall installation.
Edition size: 13 (11 for sale)
Dimensions: An example size is 27cm (h) x 8cm (w) x 7cm (d) but dimensions vary depending on orientation and composition.
The work is easy to hang on a wall with a small screw. The metal is thin and can bend, so care should be taken when handling.
Follow this link to see a video instruction guide on how to attach the work to a wall.
Threshold Editions aims to be an affordable model for buying contemporary sculpture, each purchase directly supports the artist and future exhibitions at Threshold.
50% of the sale goes directly to the artist and 50% goes to Threshold to fund exhibitions and publications
*Threshold is volunteer run. Orders are processed as soon as possible, but please factor in some lead time for works to be packed and posted.
About the artist:
Bijan Amini-Alavijeh
Bijan Amini-Alavijeh’s practice investigates how we perceive and interpret space, engaging with abstraction, ornamentation, nature, and architecture. Through sculpture, he works with materials that challenge notions of permanence and value, reflecting on how meaning is inherited, forgotten, intuited, rediscovered, or misinterpreted. His practice seeks to reshape our understanding of these elements to help us reconsider spirituality, mortality, and our relationship with nature and geometry in the 21st century. Initiated through drawing and developed using intuitive, repetitive processes, his work often builds into large-scale immersive displays. He favours accessible and less formal materials such as plaster, paper, wire, metal and wood, which contrast with the refinement often associated with architectural references. These materials allow for a tactile immediacy that invites close engagement.Recent exhibitions include: ‘a glimmer’, The Art House, Wakefield (2024); ‘Harmony is Central’, The Ridings Centre, Wakefield (2022); ‘Material Matters’, Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds (2021); ‘Capital P’, Capital ISIN, PISIN presents, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (2017). Amini-Alavijeh was a YSI Sculpture Network artist in 2022, and a member of the PANIC! Steering Group at The Tetley 2021-2022. In 2019, Amini-Alavijeh was an Engagement Artist with Yorkshire Sculpture International and partnered with the Henry Moore Institute and Meeting Point Leeds.
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