On the Finger of Fate

Year : 2017
Dimension : 97 × 37.5 × 11 cm (Height × Length × Depth)
Weight : 3340 grams
Edition Size : Unique piece
Base Price : Sold
Artist : Mahmood Rafati
Material : Natural wood, metal chain, organic oval-like mass, rectangular wooden frame
Technique : Sculpting with natural wood to form a tall, oval-like mass enclosed within a rectangular wooden frame; incorporating metal chains descending from above to a central organic shape as symbols of formative external forces.

A tall, elongated form — resembling a finger or a pillar of fate — stands encased within a wooden frame. Chains extend from the top down to a central organic mass, evoking a fetus or pre-formed entity, suspended and bound. *On the Finger of Fate* explores the inescapable structures that precede consciousness, autonomy, even existence itself. These chains are not our choices, but inherited scripts: genetics, class, geography, tradition — the forces that sculpt us before we know ourselves.