Author: Zoha Nadeer

The sculpture I picked is Le Transi de Rene de Chalon, which depicts a skeletal figure grasping a heart. I think this represents both mortality and life. The skeleton is meant to remind viewers about the inevitability of death and decay, and the heart symbolizes the remnants of vitality even in death. When I look at this sculpture, I think about rebirth, the cycle of life, and decay. The heart suggests grasping onto life and how quickly it passes. 

In my distortion, I’m going to pull at those themes of rebirth and emergence. I was thinking about making the figure rise from dirt in the ground as if breaking through the constraints of death. I am also going to try to enlarge the heart and make it appear as if it is melting – indicating the fragile nature of life.

Part A: When I was young, my mother would read me fairy tales every night before bed. She always wore her gold bangles, and the sound of them clinking as she turned the pages became a comforting part of the experience. The stories would always be weird and whimsical, with different characters and elements that piqued my interest in reading and my love for colorful illustrations. Even now, the sound of her bangles reminds me of those stories and the magic they held for me as a child.

Part B – Keywords:

1. Mother
2. Fairy tales
3. Bangles
4. Whimsical
5. Childhood
6. Pomegranate
7. Arrow
8. Magic
9. Storytelling
10. Hands

MIDE + Art & Design major

Hobbies: digital illlustration, cooking, printmaking, dance, hair & makeup for the theatre department, sasa

I’m taking this class for the Art & Design major. My interest in sculpture started after taking Sculpture 1, which I enjoyed a lot, and one of my goals as an artist was to learn more about 3D modeling software, so this class worked out perfectly with my interest in the medium.