Hunger of Being

Year : 2016
Dimension : 31 × 28 × 13 cm (Height × Length × Depth)
Weight : 2836 grams
Edition Size : Unique piece
Base Price : Sold
Artist : Mahmood Rafati
Material : Polished natural wood, freeform technique, glass beads
Technique : Crafted from polished natural wood using a freeform technique to create a multi-limbed, multi-mouthed structure, accented with glass beads as piercing red eyes. The technique emphasizes exaggerated form, asymmetry, and aggressive visual elements, challenging the boundary between organic life and monstrous being
This wooden sculpture is a visceral embodiment of insatiable desire — a natural trunk morphed into a multi-mouthed, grasping form, as if a being consuming the world. The red eyes and aggressive limbs evoke collective human impulses: to conquer, to possess, to endlessly consume. *Hunger of Being* blurs the boundary between life and terror, between desire and monstrosity.

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