Stasis

Stasis explores the fragile boundary between survival and surrender. Carved in white marble, the sculpture presents an isolated arm and hand, resting with the palm open. Fabric is tightly wrapped around it, extending into the hand itself, as if it has been gripped, pulled, tightened, held onto in a moment of urgency.
The reference is clinical: stasis, the act of stopping a bleed. A necessary intervention, a moment where pressure is applied to prevent loss. Yet within the sculpture, this gesture becomes ambiguous. Is the hand fighting to survive, tightening the fabric to hold life in place? Or is it holding onto something less tangible, memory, control, identity?
The tension lies in this uncertainty. The grip suggests effort, resistance, perhaps even desperation. At the same time, the open palm introduces a quiet contradiction, a gesture that can signal both release and acceptance.
Embedded in the work is a reflection on endurance and sacrifice. The wrapped hand recalls labor, repetition, and the physical toll of giving oneself over time. It echoes a broader human condition: the question of how much one can or should give before there is nothing left.
Stasis does not offer a clear narrative of before or after. Instead, it exists in a suspended state, a moment where something has either just been prevented, or is about to unfold. A pause between action and consequence.
Marble reinforces this paradox. The material preserves the gesture permanently, while the subject itself speaks of urgency, vulnerability, and the body under pressure.
Stasis holds that moment still, where survival, memory, and sacrifice converge, and where the line between holding on and letting go becomes indistinguishable.