Original artwork description:

Filler on board, oak panel
My works are not painted but cast in oak panels using standard wall filler.

This is the fourth piece in the Stone Conversations series. It explores the theme of social hierarchy. The conversation among the stones can be interpreted in two main ways, though there are certainly more perspectives.

One interpretation suggests that a leader is deceiving the group, presenting a false sense of equality, while the alternative view positions an outcast who reveals the truth about their actual inequality. It seems that hierarchy is embedded in our biological nature; even young children establish it. However, language allows us to transcend the material reality and reshape it according to our desires. Through language, we become self-aware agents capable of exercising free will. Yet, it’s crucial to remember that true freedom cannot come at the expense of others. No one is truly free until everyone is free.

The Stone Conversations series depicts imagined conversations among stones. What would they say? The series reminds me of the scene in "Everything Everywhere All at Once", where two stones are talking at the end of a cliff. But in this series, I assume the language of stones is restricted to only one word—the imprint of their shape. This single word can have any meaning. Sometimes I think that is enough. Maybe the core of language is to communicate—not to make sense.

Materials used:

Filler on board, oak panel, stone

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