IAN KIAER

Ian Kiaer makes fragile installations involving groupings of architectural models, untouched or slightly modified found objects, and two-dimensional work to create fragmented narratives. These works are prompted by the ideas of Utopian thinkers, architects, philosophers, and artists from various periods of history whose common concern has been their resistance and critique of dominant ideologies while providing possible alternatives for thought. Kiaer's installations often operate as projects or proposals and continue to employ the fragment as a means of questioning notions of totality and permanence. Past projects have sought relations in the ideas of Ledoux and Frederick Kiesler and more recently the use of Manga narrative structure as a possible solution for high density living.