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This powerful sculpture captures a hauntingly poetic vision: a seated figure dressed in a cloak and hat, holding a cane—yet where its chest should be, there is only a hollow cage. Inside, a small bird sits in solitude. There is no face, no heart, no flesh—just an empty shell, as if the soul has long since fled, leaving behind a symbol of quiet suffering.
It speaks volumes without a single word. The cage in place of a chest suggests a heart that has been imprisoned, silenced, or perhaps lost entirely. The bird, often a symbol of freedom, is ironically confined—mirroring the way grief, trauma, or loneliness can trap a person within themselves.
Though clothed like any ordinary man, the figure lacks substance. It's not just a sculpture, but a mirror to the hidden emotional realities many carry: the weight of unspoken sorrow, the emptiness masked by routine, the longing for liberation from invisible chains.
This artwork is more than beautiful—it’s evocative.
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