Working Class (Carrying the Weight)

A procession of attenuated figures buckles beneath cross‑shaped loads, their bodies angled into a single horizontal thrust that reads like time unfolding from strain to collapse. The burnished, earthen surface—scarred with greenish patina—turns flesh into artifact, suggesting endurance fossilized into history rather than merely depicted in the moment. By repeating the same burden in varied postures, the work stages suffering as both collective ritual and personal ordeal, where dignity persists precisely in the refusal to be fully flattened. The spare plinth and open negative space intensify the isolation of each stance, making the silence around them feel as heavy as what they carry.