Stargazer,
This work is inspired by Stone Age sculptors who carved small, sleek, surprisingly modern-looking human figures with their heads tilted back, eyes staring upward to the sky, these statues are known as “stargazers.” Only about 30 are known to exist. We can only conjecture the purpose or function of these ancient objects, created before written language. All of them were buried, and most are broken at the neck. The deliberate removal of the head from the body most likely occurred before the figure was confined to the ground, indicating perhaps that the burial had ritual meaning and significance. With this simple yet strong piece, Feleksan aims to pay respect to ancient sculptors of our lands.
