Untitled 2 (Currency of Thought)

This sculpted bust stages a quiet collision between portraiture and accumulation: a face built from countless coin-like discs becomes a ledger of identity, where the human is literally minted from value, labor, and time. The sleek curtain of dark hair reads as both protection and concealment, its polished flow countering the granular, pitted surface beneath and turning the head into an object of guarded interiority. Light skims across the metal tesserae, animating the gaze with flickers that feel like memories—fragmented, exchangeable, and yet stubbornly cohesive. Anchored on a stark plinth, the figure holds a museum-like stillness while suggesting the uneasy commodification of the self in contemporary life.