This arresting sculpture reimagines the mermaid not as a languid mythic siren, but as a disciplined practitioner of yoga, poised in an audacious inversion. Balanced on her hands, the figure arcs into a deep backbend, her piscine tail curving overhead in a gesture that is at once precarious and serenely controlled.
The muscular tension of the elongated torso and arms is palpable, yet the face remains composed—suggesting breath-led stillness within strain. The work captures that paradox central to yoga: effort dissolving into effortlessness.
The artist heightens this dialogue through material contrast. The torso, polished to a luminous gold sheen, reflects light with contemporary sleekness, evoking modernist reduction and clarity of line. In contrast, the scaled tail bears an antique verdigris patina, its textured surface recalling archaeological bronze and the sediment of time. This interplay between smooth and scaled, radiant and weathered, stages a visual conversation between present and past, body and myth.
By placing a mythical being within a rigorously physical yogic posture, the sculpture harmonises the ancient discipline of yoga with modern sculptural sensibilities. It is both playful and profound—a meditation on balance, hybridity, and the evolving iconography of the sacred feminine in contemporary art.
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