纳里·瓦尔德（Nari Ward），1963年出生于牙买加圣安德鲁，目前生活和工作在纽约。他以由在社区中找到和收集的废弃材料组成的雕塑装置而闻名。他使用婴儿车、购物车、瓶子、门、电视机、收银机和鞋带等重新利用的物品。瓦尔德通过引人深思的并置重新定义这些发现的物品，创造出复杂的隐喻意义，以面对围绕种族、贫困和消费文化的社会和政治问题。他故意将作品的意义留给观众，让他们自己进行解释。
纳里·瓦尔德于1989年获得纽约市立大学亨特学院学士学位，1992年获得纽约市立大学布鲁克林学院艺术硕士学位。他的个展曾在米兰的皮雷利·汉加尔比科卡（2024年）；由马西米利亚诺·吉奥尼策划的米兰历史悠久的罗马游泳池，尼古拉·特鲁萨尔迪基金会（2022年）；纽约维尔切克基金会（2022年）；丹佛当代艺术博物馆（2020年）；休斯顿当代艺术博物馆，休斯顿，德克萨斯州（2019年）；纽约新博物馆（2019年）；波士顿当代艺术学院（2017年）；纽约苏格拉底雕塑公园（2017年）；费城巴恩斯基金会（2016年）；迈阿密佩雷斯艺术博物馆（2015年）；萨凡纳艺术与设计学院博物馆，萨凡纳，乔治亚州（2015年）；路易斯安那州立大学艺术博物馆，巴吞鲁日，路易斯安那州（2014年）；费城纺织工坊与博物馆（2011年）；马萨诸塞州北亚当斯马萨诸塞州当代艺术博物馆（2011年）；波士顿伊莎贝拉·斯图尔特·加德纳博物馆（2002年）；明尼阿波利斯沃克艺术中心（2001年、2000年）等地举办。
他参与的部分群展包括：康涅狄格州里奇菲尔德奥尔德里奇当代艺术博物馆的“Objects Like Us”（2018-2019年）；纽约巴里奥博物馆的“UPTOWN: nastywomen/badhombres”（2017年）；哈莱姆工作室博物馆的“Black: Color, Material, Concept”（2015年）；米兰皇宫尼古拉·特鲁萨尔迪基金会的“The Great Mother”（2015年）；芝加哥当代艺术博物馆的“The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now”（2015年）；纽约新博物馆的“NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star”（2013年）；纽约所罗门·R·古根海姆博物馆的“Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Rotunda”（2010年）；纽约惠特尼双年展（2006年）；卡塞尔文献展的“Landings”（2003年）等。
瓦尔德的作品被许多国际公共和私人收藏，包括：底特律艺术博物馆，密歇根州；巴尔的摩艺术博物馆，马里兰州；纽约布鲁克林博物馆；伊斯坦布尔现代艺术博物馆；纽约现代艺术博物馆；杜克大学纳什尔艺术博物馆，北卡罗来纳州达勒姆；迈阿密佩雷斯艺术博物馆；路易斯维尔斯皮德艺术博物馆，肯塔基州；哈莱姆工作室博物馆，纽约；明尼阿波利斯沃克艺术中心；纽约惠特尼美国艺术博物馆。
瓦尔德获得了众多荣誉和奖项，如乔伊斯基金会的乔伊斯奖，芝加哥（2015年）；美国罗马学院的罗马奖（2012年）；以及美国艺术与文学学会、国家艺术基金会、纽约基金会、约翰·西蒙·古根海姆基金会和波洛克-克拉斯纳基金会的奖项。沃德还获得了联合国和世界卫生组织的委托。
1992
教育背景
MFA, Brooklyn College, City University, Brooklyn, US
1991
BA, Hunter College, City University, New York, US
2023
个展精选
Prayer for the Living, Galleria Continua, Dubai
2022
Gilded Darkness, curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Piscina Romano, Milano
2021
Nari Ward: Say Can You See, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Nari Ward: We the People, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver)
2019
Nari Ward: We the People, New Museum, New York, US
Nari Ward: We the People, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
Down Doors, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
2018
Nari Ward - Holding Patterns, Villa Pacchiani, Santa Croce sull’Arno, IT
Correctional, Lehmann Maupin, Seoul, KR
Nari Ward: G.O.A.T., Again, DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, US
2017
Sun Splashed, ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, US
Nari Ward: G.O.A.T., again, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, US
TILL, LIT, Lehmann Maupin, New York, US
2016
Smart Tree, High Line Project, New York, US
Sun Splashed, The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, US
2015
So Called, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, US
Sun Splashed, Pérez Museum of Art, Miami, US
Breathing Directions, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, US
2014
Rooted Communities: Nari Ward, Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA, US
SHADOW DUST AND A PROMISE OF FUTURE, MiBAC Centro arti visive di Pietrasanta, IT
2013
Origin of Good(s), Chateau de Blandy-les-Tours, Blandy, FR
Nari Ward, Museo d’arte contemporanea, Rome, IT
Iris Hope Keeper, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
2012
Liberty and Orders, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, US
2011
We the People, fabric Workshopand Museum, Philadelphia, US
Domino Man, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
Sub Mirage Lignum, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, US
2010
Nari Ward: Re-Presence, Nerman Museum, Kansas, USA, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, US
2007
Salvage Research Soul Training, University of Connecticut, US
2006
The Refinery X: A small twist of fate, Palazzo delle Papesse-Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, IT
2004
Saint Peter's Odyssey Salon, Deitch Projects, New York, US
Great American Revival, Past Presence: Reflection on the Main Line, Main Line Art Center, Lower Merion, US
2002
Episodes, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, US
2001
Attractive Nuisance, GAM; Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Torino, IT
Illuminated Sanctuary of Empty Sins, Arte all’Arte, Poggibonsi, IT
Geography: Bottle Messenger (Lobby Installation), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, US
2000
Rites of Way, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, US
1997
Nari Ward, Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, US
1996
Happy Smilers: Duty Free Shopping, Deitch Projects, New York, US
1995
Amazing Grace, Harlem Firehouse Space, New York, US
1994
Idle/Drift, Le Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, FR
1993
Carpet Angel, The New Museum, New York, US
Amazing Grace, Harlem Firehouse Space, New York, US
2021
群展节选
Grief and Grievance, New Museum, New York, NY
Prospect.5 New Orleans: Yesterday we said tomorrow, New Orleans, LA
The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Super Fusion: the 2021 Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
Promise, Witness, Remembrance, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
2020
To the Hoop: Basketball and Contemporary Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Inalienable, The Contemporary Dayton, Dayton, OH
NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2019
The Warmth of Other Suns, The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, US
Material Insanity, Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakesh, Morocco
Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA; Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI CURRENT
CURRENT:LA FOOD, CURRENT:LA Public Art Triennial, Los Angeles, CA
Clapping with Stones: Art and Acts of Resistance, Rubin Museum, New York, NY
Every Day: Selections from the Collection on view, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Material History, JDJ The Ice House, Garrison, NY
DREAMWEAVERS, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, CA
2018
We the People: New Art from the Collection, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, US
Open Spaces, The City of Kansas City; Kansas City, MO, US
TIME BOMB - Watermill Center Summer Benefit, Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation, Long Island, NY
Nari Ward: Scapegoat, The Fields at Art Omi Sculpture Park, Ghent, NY, US
2018 Ceremonial Exhibition: Work by New Members and Recipients of Awards, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, US
Objects Like Us, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, US
Worlds Otherwise Unknown, Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
ICA Collection: Entangled in the Everyday, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, US
American Landscape, Lehmann Maupin, New York, US
Reclamation! Pan-African Works from the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, US
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, US
Defining America, John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, US
2017
Out of Sight! Art of the Senses, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, US
Now Here is Nowhere, Italian Cultural Institute, New York, IT
Fingerspitzengeühl, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, US
Artists Need to Create on the Same Scale the Society Has the Capacity to Destroy, Part 1, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, US
20/20: The Studio Museum in Harlem and Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, US
Spots, Dots, Pips, Tiles: An Exhibition About Dominoes, Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL, US
UPTOWN: nasty women/bad hombres, El Museo del Barrio, New York, US
Uptown, Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University, New York, US
Pledges of Allegiance, Creative Time, NY, US
Alien Nations, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, US
2016
Radical Materiality, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, Hong Kong, CN
C.Ar.D 2016, Consorzio Agrario Aguzzano, Piacenza, IT
2015
Future Seasons Past, curated by Manuel E. Gonzalez, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, US
2014
Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, Perez Art Museum Miami, FL, US
Food, SESC Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, BR
2013
The idea of Realism, American Academy in Rome, IT
NYC1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, New Museum, New York, US
Surviving Sandy, Dedalus Foundation, Brooklyn, NY, US
Justice Blind, Rush Philanthropic Art Foundation’s Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US
Inning Stretch, Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY, US
Nasher Museum and the 50th Anniversary, The Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC
Blacks in Black and White, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT
We the People, Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY, US
Wall, Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH, US
Food: Reflections on Mother Earth, Agriculture and Feeding, Musée Ariana, Geneva, CH
2012
Food, Musée Ariana, Geneva, CH
Blacks in Black and White, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT
I Followed You into the Water, Lehmann Maupin, New York, US
28 Days, Justina M Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, CA
Points of View: Twenty Years of Artists in Residence, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, US
MuMo (Mobile Museum), L’Art à l’Enfance, France; Cameroon; Benin; Senegal
2011
Art Unlimited, Art Basel, CH
Terre vulnerabili, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, IT
10 Hands 100 Fingers, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CH
2010
Trasparenze. L’arte per le energie rinnovabili, Macro, Roma, IT
Rem(a)inders, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN
Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Rotunda, Guggenheim Museum, New York, US
2009
30 Seconds off an Inch, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, US
Rockstone and Bootheel: Contemporary West Indian Art, Real Art Ways, Hartford, US
Neo Baroque, University of Western Ontario Art Gallery, CA
2008
Prospect 1 New Orleans, New Orleans, US
2007
Dream and Trauma, Kunsthalle Wien and Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, AT
Generation 1.5. Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows, Queens, NY, US
For the Love of the Game, Race and Sport in America, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, US
2006
Wherever We Meet, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, IT
Meditations in an Emergency, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, US
2006 Whitney Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, US
Be the Artists Guest, Musee d’art moderne Grand Duc Jean, LU
Dirty Yoga: Taipei Biennial, Taipei Museum, Taipei, TW
Echigo- Tsumari Art Triennial, Echigo-Tsumari, JP
2005
New Labor, Neutral Capital Collection, Columbia University Leroy Neiman Gallery, New York, US
Faith, Real Art Ways, Hartford, US
Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama, JP
Sharjah International Biennial 7, Sharjah, AE
Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, US
2004
Postcards for Cuba: A Selection from the 8th Havana Biennial, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, NO
Garvey Carts Curator's Eye, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, JM
Monument to Now: The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, GR
2003
Confabulations, Hunter College Leubsdorf Art Gallery, New York, US
Whispering Lights, 8th Havana Biennial, Havana, CU
In Honor Of, Arte Continua, San Gimignano, IT
Pathmarker, Site Lines, The Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy, Andover, US
Landings, Documenta XI, Kassel, DE
Fortress, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, US
2001
Transforms, Roman Theater, Trieste, IT
The Overexcited Body, Museo dell’ Arengario Piazza del Duomo, Milan, IT
Crossing the Line, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, US
A Room Is a World, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Spiritual America, Audiello Fine Arts,New York, US
2000
Playgrounds & Toys, Art for the World, UNI Dufour building, The University of Geneva, Geneva, CH
Quiet in the Land, Projecto Axe, Museo de Arte Moderne, Bahia, Salvador, BR
Emerald Necklace Project, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, US
Geography; Tree, collaborative work with Ralph Lemon, performed at the Yale Repertory Co., New Haven, US, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, US, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, US and Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, US
Quotidiana, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, IT
1999
Streetlife, Project Row House, Houston, US
Passages: Contemporary Art in Transition, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, US
1998
I Love New York, Crossover of Contemporary Art, Museum Ludwig, Koln, DE
Global Vision; New Art from the 90s, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, US
Arkipelag, From Crash Between Islands to In(ter)fection, Sjohistoriska Museet, Stockholm, SE
Edge of Awareness, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, United Nations Hall of Visitors, New York, USA, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, USA, and SESC de Pompeia, Sao Paulo, BR
1997
Geography, collaborative work with Ralph Lemon, performed at Yale Repertory Co., New Haven, USA, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, and Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, US
Islas, Centro Atlantico De Arte Moderno, Gran Canaria, Spain, La Granja, Teneriffe, Spain, and Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, ES
Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, and the Shakers, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, USA, and Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, US
Untitled Depot, Insite 1997, Tijuana, MEXICO and San Diego, US
Projects: How to Build and Maintain the Virgin Fertility of Our Soul, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, US
Pursuit of the Sacred; Evocations of the Spiritual in Contemporary African American Art, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US
《责任巨像》 2023年，阿拉伯帆船、金属、铁杉木、竹子、金属烟囱、铜鼓、二手家具与有机玻璃，尺寸可变
《责任巨像》 2023年，阿拉伯帆船、金属、铁杉木、竹子、金属烟囱、铜鼓、二手家具与有机玻璃，尺寸可变
《祈祷 III》 2023年，镀铜板、铜钉与暗色铜绿，29.5 x 29.5 x 7.5 厘米。摄影：Musthafa Aboobaker
《祈祷 III》 2023年，镀铜板、铜钉与暗色铜绿，29.5 x 29.5 x 7.5 厘米。摄影：Musthafa Aboobaker
《祈祷 IIIII》 2023年，镀铜板、铜钉与暗色铜绿，29.5 x 29.5 x 7.5 厘米。摄影：Musthafa Aboobaker
《祈祷 IIIII》 2023年，镀铜板、铜钉与暗色铜绿，29.5 x 29.5 x 7.5 厘米。摄影：Musthafa Aboobaker
《光辉扫描 #811》 2013-2023年，木板上照片、铜钉，46 x 54 x 3 厘米。摄影：Musthafa Aboobaker
《光辉扫描 #811》 2013-2023年，木板上照片、铜钉，46 x 54 x 3 厘米。摄影：Musthafa Aboobaker
《光辉扫描 #637》 2013-2023年，木板上照片、铜钉，46 x 54 x 3 厘米。摄影：Musthafa Aboobaker
《光辉扫描 #637》 2013-2023年，木板上照片、铜钉，46 x 54 x 3 厘米。摄影：Musthafa Aboobaker
“为生者祈福” 2023，展览现场, 常青画廊 / 迪拜. 摄影：Musthafa Aboobacker
“为生者祈福” 2023，展览现场, 常青画廊 / 迪拜. 摄影：Musthafa Aboobacker
“为生者祈福” 2023，展览现场, 常青画廊 / 迪拜. 摄影：Musthafa Aboobacker
“镀金黑暗”展览现场，Centro Balneare Romano，米兰，2022年，由 Massimiliano Gioni 策展。摄影：Marco De Scalzi ©️米兰特鲁萨尔迪基金会
“镀金黑暗”展览现场，Centro Balneare Romano，米兰，2022年，由 Massimiliano Gioni 策展。摄影：Marco De Scalzi ©️米兰特鲁萨尔迪基金会
“镀金黑暗”展览现场，Centro Balneare Romano，米兰，2022年，由 Massimiliano Gioni 策展。摄影：Marco De Scalzi ©️米兰特鲁萨尔迪基金会
“镀金黑暗”展览现场，Centro Balneare Romano，米兰，2022年，由 Massimiliano Gioni 策展。摄影：Marco De Scalzi ©️米兰特鲁萨尔迪基金会
“镀金黑暗”展览现场，Centro Balneare Romano，米兰，2022年，由 Massimiliano Gioni 策展。摄影：Marco De Scalzi ©️米兰特鲁萨尔迪基金会
《黑色星条旗》2022年，美国国旗横幅、安全标签、绳索、流苏、金属杆，182 x 122 x 10 厘米。摄影：Andrea Rossetti
《黑色星条旗》2022年，美国国旗横幅、安全标签、绳索、流苏、金属杆，182 x 122 x 10 厘米。摄影：Andrea Rossetti
《甜美的安眠》2022年，镀铜、铜钉、木材，121 x 121 x 7 厘米
《下行门（深红）》2011年，旧门、口袋、羽毛、降落伞，210 x 98 x 21 厘米。摄影：Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
《下行门（海洋绿）》2011年，旧门、口袋、羽毛、降落伞，240 x 100 x 25 厘米。摄影：Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
《下行门（青）》2011年，旧门、口袋、羽毛、降落伞，206 x 150 x 41 厘米。摄影：Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
《Win+G》2011年，使用过的鞋子、羽毛、口袋，110 x 80 x 90 厘米。摄影：Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
《通行系列：微红裸色》2018年，狗骨头、铁、露华浓口红、底座，30 x 30 x 150 厘米。摄影：Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
《通行系列：微红裸色》2018年，狗骨头、铁、露华浓口红、底座，30 x 30 x 150 厘米。摄影：Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
《石头剪子布》2011年，剪刀、鞋带，80 x 45 x 4 厘米。摄影：Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
《奇迹的压载物》2018年，树脂、发现物品、KEU2001、铁、混凝土，尺寸可变。“艺术-企业-领域的‘控股模式’。纳里·瓦尔德”展览现场，Villa Pacchiani，Santa Croce sull'Arno，2018年。摄影：Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
《超越》2013年，气球、金属、玻璃瓶、绳索、纸，620 x 302 x 302 厘米。摄影：Ela Bialkowska
《超越》2013年，气球、金属、玻璃瓶、绳索、纸，620 x 302 x 302 厘米。摄影：Ela Bialkowska
《超越》2013年，气球、金属、玻璃瓶、绳索、纸，620 x 302 x 302 厘米。摄影：Ela Bialkowska
《罐装微笑》2013年，2个罐子、镜子、微笑，高 4.7 x 直径 9 厘米
《婴儿车芽》2013年，拐杖、竹子、黏土、胶水、瓶子、种子、铜线，高度范围：109 - 128.5 厘米。摄影：Oak Taylor-Smith
《婴儿车芽》2013年，拐杖、竹子、黏土、胶水、瓶子、种子、铜线，高度范围：109 - 128.5 厘米。摄影：Oak Taylor-Smith
《未述》Untold，2013年，瓶子、金属结构、纸张、金属线，500 x 360 x 150 厘米。摄影：Oak Taylor-Smith
《未述》Untold，2013年，瓶子、金属结构、纸张、金属线，500 x 360 x 150 厘米。摄影：Oak Taylor-Smith
《婴儿车 - 系列》2013年，19辆婴儿车、加固钢筋、吊床、混凝土，每件 235 x 140 x 80 厘米。MITICO 2023 展览现场，卡索莱德尔萨，意大利托斯卡纳。摄影：Marco Valmarana
《婴儿车 - 系列》2013年，19辆婴儿车、加固钢筋、吊床、混凝土，每件 235 x 140 x 80 厘米。MITICO 2023 展览现场，卡索莱德尔萨，意大利托斯卡纳。摄影：Marco Valmarana
《婴儿车 - 系列》2013年，19辆婴儿车、加固钢筋、吊床、混凝土，每件 235 x 140 x 80 厘米。MITICO 2023 展览现场，卡索莱德尔萨，意大利托斯卡纳。摄影：Marco Valmarana
《任务完成 I & II》2013年，90-80 公斤金属立方体、彩纸屑，36 x 32 x 32 厘米和 32 x 32 x 32 厘米。摄影：Oak Taylor-Smith
《任务完成 I & II》2013年，90-80 公斤金属立方体、彩纸屑，36 x 32 x 32 厘米和 32 x 32 x 32 厘米。摄影：Oak Taylor-Smith
《异乡咖啡馆》2012年，桌子、杯子、咖啡，280 x 190 x 350 厘米
《异乡咖啡馆》2012年，桌子、杯子、咖啡，280 x 190 x 350 厘米
《灵魂旋转木马》2011年，绳索、轮胎、鞋尖与鞋舌、鞋带，624.8 x 365.8 x 365.8 厘米
《灵魂旋转木马》2011年，绳索、轮胎、鞋尖与鞋舌、鞋带，624.8 x 365.8 x 365.8 厘米
对社会构成要素的重新诠释
纳里·瓦尔德的作品通常包含从其周围环境中收集物品的实践，通过创造对比，给观众留下开放的解读空间，往往回忆起重要的历史和社会时刻。他以由捡拾和收集材料构成的雕塑装置而闻名。他曾重新利用婴儿推车、购物车、瓶子、门、电视机、收银机和鞋带等物品作为创作材料。
他的创作方式让人联想到他家乡牙买加的多种民间传统，以及他在过去几十年间生活和工作的哈莱姆区的多样化材料。然而，纳里·瓦尔德并不犹豫从世界各地的特定语境中进行研究，探索并展现传统与变革之间的各种紧张关系。瓦尔德经常利用语义学、建筑和多样的结构形式来反映权力平衡、国家身份、种族主义以及历史记忆，这些因素塑造并影响了公民的行为，进而形成了我们的当代社会。
