Designer: Shobhan Kothari and Anand Menon

Year of creation: 2020
Marble and stainless steel
Length: 35.4 in (89.91 cm)
Breath: 36.3 in (92.20 cm)

Actual Weight: 10 Kg aprox

Curated by Pataki



In today's world of pandemic and isolation, it carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never be had again. It is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places, or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, and well-being, which now trigger the senses and make one experience the pain of separation from those joyous sensations. However it acknowledges that too long for the past would detract from the excitement you feel towards the future.

Saudade describes both happy and sad at the same time, which is most closely translated to the English saying 'bitter sweet'.

With the help of Orvi Surfaces, Saudade finds its manifestation in a 70mm marble panel as a wall art.

The human face is achieved as a marble monolith piece which is hand-finished to achieve a seamless texture. The environment in which we live is captured in distressed finish around the marble also achieved by creating patterns through an eclectic mix of technology as well as hand-finishing.

The emotion of nostalgia with pain gets reflected as a tear drop along with a closed eye. These are captured in V sections where stainless steel is coated with liquid metal and a rust patina effect achieved. The bulge in marble accommodates light which casts a sliver of hope and gives us courage.
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