Life Wheel 2

Framed by the monumental curve of an orange fender and the dark gravity of rubber, the wheel becomes a contemporary lens—its polished hubcap reflecting a compressed city street where vehicles and façades converge into a restless ribbon of motion. This circular “window” collapses public space into a private, portable panorama, turning urban life into something both observed and possessed, like a memory caught on chrome. The stark contrast between matte shadow and gleaming highlight sharpens the work’s tension: the metropolis is vibrant and immediate, yet held at a distance by the machinery that moves through it. In this way the piece quietly suggests that modern experience is mediated—our sense of place often arriving as reflection, not direct touch.