Mariana Viel IV Drawing 5 x 7 x 17

5 x 7 x 17 cm | 2 x 3 x 6 in

27 x 12 x 43 cm | 11 x 5 x 17 in

Part of the book Polvo by Antonio Malpica

Its expression—both stern and compassionate—recalls the fragments of a forgotten deity

Their detailed and geometric structure

Mariana Viel IV Drawing 5 x 7 x 17This child's face, carved with an almost archaic simplicity, conveys a quiet melancholy. The cracks and textures on its surface resemble weathered wood, as if salvaged from a shipwreck or unearthed from an ancient dream. The sleeping expressionalmost ritualisticsuggests silence, stillness, and endurance. It is a fragile yet powerful image, speaking of the passage of time, of lost childhood, and of the beauty that endures even in decay. Sculpture