Toward Oblivion

Year : 2015
Dimension : 26 × 16 × 8.5 cm (Height × Length × Depth)
Weight : 120 grams
Edition Size : Unique piece
Artist : Mahmood Rafati
Material : Natural wood, spiky branches, dried and hollow trunk, wooden base
Technique : Sculpting with dried natural wood to create a hollow, collapsing trunk; incorporating sharp, chaotic branches to express internal eruption and self-destruction; and mounting it on a simple wooden base to underscore fragile stance. The technique emphasizes inner tension and self-annihilation through aggressive forms and raw materiality

A dry trunk, collapsing from within, erupts with sharp, chaotic branches—violently turned outward. *Toward Oblivion* is a sculpture of destruction, not by another, but by the self. Here, even standing is an act of unraveling; a silent scream against being.

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