Journey (Rickshaw Puller Sculpture)

This sculpture stages the human body as both carrier and contraption, a forward-striding figure yoked to an oversized seat that hovers like an imposed identity rather than a comfort. The taut rods and extended handles turn negative space into tension lines, suggesting control mechanisms that pull at the torso and crown, while the bowed head reads as quiet endurance. In the muted, earthen surface, light gathers softly on worn planes, making the work feel less heroic than burdened—an allegory of labor, obligation, and the choreography of moving through life while hauling what is meant to hold you.