Pieta of Nature

In the history of art, the Pietà expresses the ultimate moment of mourning: the body that loses life, yet remains sacred through the maternal embrace. In its extension, this notion does not only concern human loss; it embraces the very experience of ending, the inescapable decay that accompanies every form of life.

In this work, a branch dominates the space, detached from its trunk, suspended in the void like a body taken down from the cross. The withered blossoms that surround it function as memories of a past life, traces of flowering transformed into symbols of decay. The white layer that covers the wood recalls a shroud—a gesture of protection and remembrance at once; an artistic act that suspends time, holding the branch in a liminal state between life and death.

At its base, the small vessel filled with milk and the draped fabric evoke the maternal embrace that endures even beyond the end. Yet here, mourning does not concern the human body alone; it is transferred to the body of nature. The branch, severed from its root, is transformed into an immaterial monument, an elegy for the cycle of decay that accompanies every form of existence.

The image alludes to the philosophical question of being: how can continuity be conceived beyond decay? Can memory, art, or faith hold the "body"—human or natural—alive within its absence?

This imagery rearticulates the Pietà in ecological and social terms: it reminds us that loss is not exclusively a human experience, but inscribed in all existence. It carries the grief of absence from the human body to the body of nature, affirming that every form of life bears the sacredness of the finite. The silent suspension of the branch becomes an act of collective mourning and reflection, inviting the viewer to consider the question of continuity: how can the memory of life be preserved within its absence? 

Materials: Tree trunk - membrane - thistles - milk - shroud

Dimensions: 200 (L) x 150 (W) x 250 (H) cm.