Efficient, but Lost in Meaning

Year : 2017
Dimension : 38 × 3505 cm (Height × Depth)
Weight : 3720 grams
Edition Size : Unique piece
Artist : Mahmood Rafati
Material : Natural wood, metal gear, jute rope
Technique : Conceptual sculpture emphasizing the contrast between human form and mechanical cognition; critique of the moral erosion in the age of technology

Description: A wooden half-torso in human profile, crowned with a metal gear from which a jute strand emerges. *Efficient, but Lost in Meaning* portrays today’s human, who has sacrificed ethics for performance and replaced conscience with machinery.

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