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Fragile

Year
2025
Medium
Natural loofah fiber
Form
Suspended & freestanding
Place
Riyadh
Marya Mayan beneath the suspended loofah installation Fragile
Concept

“All structures are unstable.

— Eckhart Tolle

In a time where everything is accelerating, external forms and numbers have become the language society celebrates, while the true spirit is often ignored. This work embodies this struggle through fragile structures that appear stable but are actually capable of collapsing with the slightest interaction.

The illusions we build around ourselves and society seem solid in our eyes, yet the truth lies beneath layers of deceptive masks.

Fragile sculpture lit so light passes through its fibrous shell
Light passing through the fibrous shell — each piece holds its own degree of transparency.
Biomimicry

The loofah's fibrous web mirrors the hidden architectures of the living body — the same branching networks that build us from within.

Osseous tissue — human bone
Osseous tissue
Human bone
Retina — human eye
Retina
Human eye
Vascular network — human heart
Vascular
Human heart
Neurons — human brain
Neurons
Human brain
Loofah — plant fiber
Loofah
Plant fiber
Part of a journey

Fragile is part of an ongoing artistic journey that unfolds through a series of interconnected works — a continued meditation on the unseen, formless dimensions within us.

Fragile Ogbal — The Waiting Chair Doubt
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