It was a modest, screen-like structure erected in the car park of Skulptur Projekte Münster in western Germany in 2007 that made Nairy Baghramian’s name. Resembling scaffolding, it could easily have gone unnoticed. Those who did stop to look encountered a minimalist intervention that served to obscure the view and divide the car park into two spaces, making a subtle statement about boundaries and segregation.
Since then, the Iran-born German artist has become known for embracing…

