Body Without Organs Mixed Media Sculpture

This mixed media sculpture combines human forms and symbolic elements, exploring identity, imagination, and the relationship between body and mind

Artwork Description

about this Mixed Media sculpture

Hossein Kahfi’s Body Without Organs is a striking 165 cm high brick-red sculpture, featuring an impossible architectural form balanced atop a solitary human leg. A domed structure floats above, evoking a distant city or a fragile memory, blending figurative presence with conceptual spatial tension.

Crafted from resin and painted composite materials, the work combines precise geometry with hand-finished details, reflecting Kahfi’s mastery of digital modeling and artisanal execution.

The elongated leg symbolizes both support and vulnerability, while the hovering architecture becomes an extension of identity carried, not inhabited. The sculpture explores fragility, suspension, and the ways personal history shapes the body, inviting reflection on balance, memory, and human resilience.

about the artist

Hossein Kahfi is a contemporary Iranian sculptor exploring both conceptual and material dimensions of sculpture. He works with mixed media, metal, wood, and found objects, blending traditional techniques with experimental methods. His practice includes small-scale sculptures, intricate installations, and large-scale works that engage space and environment.

Kahfi’s sculptures explore human experience, memory, imagination, and the complex interaction between individuals and their surroundings. He often uses symbolic forms and textures to reflect cultural narratives and contemporary societal concerns. His work challenges viewers to question perception, environment, and the meaning embedded in everyday objects. Materiality is central to his practice, where contrasts between hard and soft, fragile and durable, create tension and harmony.

Kahfi’s process is meticulous, often involving layering, carving, and assembling multiple elements into cohesive sculptural forms. He emphasizes dialogue between space, object, and observer, allowing his works to transform with perspective and context. 

His pieces have been shown in leading Iranian galleries, reflecting both aesthetic and conceptual innovation in sculpture. Exhibitions include Without Quiescence (2024) and Invisible Palace of Imagination (2022) at Shirin Gallery, Tehran. He also participated in the 11th Annual Exhibition of Small Sculptures, highlighting his continuing contemporary presence.

View his Dubai collection of available artworks here 

 Care

Dust your sculpture often using a soft, dry cloth of soft brush. Avoid the use of water, chemical and abrasive cleaners.

Copyright

This mixed media sculpture is one of a kind original therefore, all copyrights and reproduction rights are reserved by the artist.