Starless
Glazed Ceramics, 30 x 8,5 x 11,5 in, 2025
This sculpture speaks to the quiet violence of indifference in New York City. A striped arm,  echoing the warning lines found in the subway, reaches upward, offering a delicate nest of cobalt-blue eggs. They are fragile symbols of life, hope, and protection. Yet below, a second hand rests limp, and a small dark figure has fallen from above, lying on the ground, ignored

This work is inspired by a moment in the subway where the artist witnessed a man collapse on the floor, unseen and unaided by everyone. This piece asks: Who do we protect, and who do we leave behind? In a city overflowing with people, how can someone become invisible, even while undeniably exist? This work is not a moral accusation, but a mirror. It reflects the contradictions we all carry, the desire to help and the instinct to retreat, the compassion we feel and the silence we choose. It is a fragile structure balanced on what we refuse to see.
 I am walking in the subway station when I see this man laying on the floor. He looks dead. He is surrounded by trash and filthy clothes. Yet he doesn't even have shoes. He is in such a poor condition, is somebody going to stop to help him? No one. May be out of fear. Personally, I have been told to ignore them because they can be “dangerous”. But is pretending they don't exist the solution? How can there be such extremes? If you don't have a family or savings, who is there when you fall? Who is going to notice you exist and that you need help? I am ashamed, my subway is arriving and I do like everybody else, I move on.
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Subway
A striped arm, echoing the warning lines found in the subway
Fallen   ✚
Fallen
Yet below, a second hand rests limp, and a small dark figure has fallen from above
Ignored   ✚
Ignored
A small dark figure has fallen from above, lying on the ground, ignored
Everyone   ✚
Everyone
The artist witnessed a man collapse on the floor, unseen and unaided by everyone
Exist   ✚
Exist
How can someone become invisible, even while undeniably exist
Help   ✚
Help
It reflects the contradictions we all carry, the desire to help and the instinct to retreat

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Starless
Glazed Ceramics, 30 x 8,5 x 11,5 in, 2025
From Rexhibit
This sculpture speaks to the quiet violence of indifference in New York City. A striped arm,  echoing the warning lines found in the subway, reaches upward, offering a delicate nest of cobalt-blue eggs. They are fragile symbols of life, hope, and protection. Yet below, a second hand rests limp, and a small dark figure has fallen from above, lying on the ground, ignored

This work is inspired by a moment in the subway where the artist witnessed a man collapse on the floor, unseen and unaided by everyone. This piece asks: Who do we protect, and who do we leave behind? In a city overflowing with people, how can someone become invisible, even while undeniably exist? This work is not a moral accusation, but a mirror. It reflects the contradictions we all carry, the desire to help and the instinct to retreat, the compassion we feel and the silence we choose. It is a fragile structure balanced on what we refuse to see.
From the Artist
 I am walking in the subway station when I see this man laying on the floor. He looks dead. He is surrounded by trash and filthy clothes. Yet he doesn't even have shoes. He is in such a poor condition, is somebody going to stop to help him? No one. May be out of fear. Personally, I have been told to ignore them because they can be “dangerous”. But is pretending they don't exist the solution? How can there be such extremes? If you don't have a family or savings, who is there when you fall? Who is going to notice you exist and that you need help? I am ashamed, my subway is arriving and I do like everybody else, I move on.
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