Family


SULTAN Grigore, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

2000. Ungheni Sculpture Camp, 1st edition. Sandstone

Ungheni District Council Square, National Street

The two large volumes, joined at the top in an arch, suggest the parents. They are not individualized – they are a principle, not a portrait – they are together. Their unity creates the interior space. In the central opening appears the small figure: the child.


It is not added, but born from the large form. The void is not a lack, but a place of shelter – the family as a safe space. The massive body, anchored in the ground, conveys durability. The family is not fragile or sentimental, but a structure of resistance of the community. The raw texture and extreme simplification of the stone refer to an archetype: the family as a reality as old as man, beyond era, style or ideology.


Family does not illustrate affection; it builds it in stone. It is a form about togetherness, about protection and continuity – a simple lesson, told with essential means. Placed at eye level, in the greenery, the sculpture does not dominate, but sits. It is a silent, everyday presence – as is true family.

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