Siah Armajani (born 1939) is an Iranian-born American sculptor.

Siah Armanjani designed the Olympic Torch presiding over the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. He has worked on other projects such as the New York Staten Island tower and bridge, the Round Gazebo in Nice, France, and the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. His 2005 work, Fallujah, is a modern take on Picasso's Guernica but has been censored in the U.S. due to its critical view of the war in Iraq^[1][2].

[edit] References

1. ^ "ARTIUM press release" (PDF). http://www.artium.org/imagen/documentos/Armajani.%20Press%20release.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-05. 
2. ^ "El Pais". http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Guernica/barbarie/Irak/elpepucul/20070501elpepicul_4/Tes. Retrieved 2006-10-05. 

[edit] See also

• Modern and Contemporary Art in Iran

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