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Siah Armajani lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota. . Siah Armanjani Siah Armajani Siah Armajani is one of the major sculptors working in public art today. He is well known throughout the world for his Olympic Tower and Bridge for 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. , and Jardin-Villa Arson-Nice, France are among his numerous works all over the United States and Europe.

Bridge over a Tree (1970), which was temporarily erected in the field that is now the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, featured two staircases that led nowhere except up and over a tree. . Siah Armajani Siah Armajani One of Siah Armajani's abiding artistic concerns has been the creation of a truly public art that unites structure with site and use. His designs for bridges, reading rooms, houses, and gazebos encourage both contemplation and communal activity. One of this best-known local works, the elegant Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge (1988), links the Garden with Loring Park.

He originally made a name for himself in the context of conceptual art and land art and his first exhibition was held in 1968. . Persian by birth and a naturalised American, Armajani studied philosophy and mathematical theory. His culture of origin is one in which the spoken word is regarded not only as an instrument and a means of communication, but primarily as the poetry of everyday life. He critically explores the archetypal images of conventional cultural expression, and the way in which the emotional responses evoked by high culture relate to the culture of practical reality.