21/07/2025
My new work
It's performance with clay sculpture time based art
Title: Inner emotions
Medium: performance art
Time: 15 minutes
Photo by Hardev Singh
Location: master art studio
This clay sculpture, raw and unrefined in its surface, echoes a powerful expression of inner emotions and human struggle. The form feels as though it has been shaped not only by hands but by the weight of something unseen — pressure, resistance, and an emotional tide pushing against the clay as much as the sculptor’s fingers.
From every angle, the sculpture reveals voids, cracks, and undulating ridges — each cavity resembling a wound or a silent scream. These deep impressions feel like they were born not just from physical touch but from an emotional force trying to escape from within. The inner chamber, with its complex hollows and curvatures, represents the turmoil that brews silently inside—a storm of memories, regrets, or unspoken words.
There’s a tension between structure and collapse, as if the sculpture is caught between rising and breaking. The outer shell appears almost defensive, hardened and slightly closed off, while the inner space speaks of vulnerability, fragility, and exposure. This duality captures the emotional conflict of holding oneself together while quietly unraveling within.
The texture of the clay retains fingerprints and tool marks, deliberately left exposed. They serve as evidence of struggle, the marks of a maker not smoothing things over, but allowing the chaos to remain visible. This refusal to hide imperfections is an act of honesty — a confrontation with pain rather than escape.
In essence, this piece is not about beauty or form, but about truth and survival. It speaks of inner resistance, the push and pull between collapse and resilience, between isolation and the longing to be seen. It is a silent sculpture, yet it speaks volumes about the inner life of emotion, the violence of transformation, and the fragile power of simply staying upright
