The Scream That Stayed Inside

Year : 2018
Dimension : 66 × 31 × 16 cm (Height × Length × Depth)
Weight : 6800 grams
Edition Size : Unique piece
Artist : Mahmood Rafati
Material : Burnt natural wood, resin, feather, finished surface
Technique : Conceptual sculpture inspired by Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’, focused on internalized anguish

Description: This sculpture is a free interpretation of Edvard Munch’s iconic painting *The Scream*—but this time, the scream is silent. The charred hollow in the wood symbolizes a cry that never escaped, but burned inward. The spiked feathers erupting from the top evoke suppressed energy turned into visual violence. *The Scream That Stayed Inside* is the muted voice of a human being at the moment of rupture—a scream neither heard, nor released.