by Vasile Stefanoiu

Artwork Description

Prayer

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• Stone , the year of creation: © 2020. • Artwork dimensions: Height 40 cm, Width 15 cm Depth 15 cm, Weight 9 Kg • Artist nation of origin: Romania This sculpture was thought out for a long time and stylized, from the communist period, in response to the subversive attitude of the communist political regime in Romania before 1989, towards the faith in God of the people. The idea of ​​this sculpture came to my mind when I noticed that people entered the church worried and scared not to be seen entering the religious place. Especially those who held certain positions in the state, in the communist party or in large companies were not allowed to attend church. When they left the church, after the religious processions were over, their facial expressions were completely different, they were serene and calm as if all their worries had remained there in the church. The prayer is our direct connection with heaven because no matter how complicated the technological achievements, they can be deciphered analytically - and, after all, how simplistic they are compared to the miracle of the complexity of living organisms or the cosmic universe and its movements! In the construction of prayer I focused on the fact that prayer itself has nothing to do with age or gender, it is pure spirit and it exists within us. I structured my sculpture on three distinct elements: the head bowed before the divinity, with the chin on the chest so that the face is indistinguishable, folded hands in prayer and the kneeling as a sign of humbleness.

Artwork Details

Medium: Sculpture Various Materials

Genre: Figurative