The mysterious hierarchies of existence


VÂRTOSU Valentin, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

2017 Ungheni Sculpture Camp, 6th edition. Sandstone

"Little Cluj" Park, Decebal Street

The mysterious hierarchies of existence are those that dominate the universe and, in a certain sense, human life. In this case, the sculptor wanted to reveal the idea of continuity, of perpetuation, symbolically constructing the hierarchy of his family in which he, the father, is positioned at the base of the work, followed by the children, and the top part – the mother.


At the top is the "baby bird", the family group. As it grows, it will transform into a mother bird and will teach its chicks to fly. The idea of the work is original, the combination of lines and shapes is aesthetic, homogeneous and harmonious. The sculpture proposes a meditation on the hierarchies of existence and on the way in which human life is organized, transmitted and perpetuated.


The vertical composition symbolically builds a genealogy: at the base is the father, as foundation and support, followed by the middle registers – the children – suggested by successive volumes, as stages of growth. The upper part, associated with the mother, becomes the area of protection and cohesion, crowning the entire ensemble. Geometric bands/steps surround the organic body, imprinting rhythm and order, like a spiral of time. At the top, the baby bird functions as the emblem of the family: a promise of flight, of maturation and of resuming the cycle of generations.

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