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Statement
The egg, both
in reality and in symbol represents hope for the future. It is
physically necessary for the perpetuation of life. It is symbolically
emblematic of potential.
This sculpture depicts a woman carefully cradling and protecting
a single egg. Perhaps in the context of societies devastated by
war or famine, this woman is guarding a precious bit of food.
More symbolically, the egg may represent her children (and by
extension, her future) as she negotiates the realities of civic
life. In peaceful societies too, we are emotionally torn by ideological
disputes or conflicts of values, a woman needs to guard her precious
future with equal zeal.
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