HUNGER – from the series Four Horsemen

The work represents the Rider Hunger from the series Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Everyday materials are transformed here into wearable symbols of hard realities. The ring was created from a historical steel calibration weight, its engraved mark “200 g” still visible. Once an object of precision and certainty, the weight was hollowed out, reshaped, and turned into a band.

Inside the cavity, burned rice and ash were placed, fixed with cyanoacrylate adhesive. Fragile substances sealed in a transparent layer – trapped but visible. The result is a paradox: a measure that no longer measures, a weight that no longer weighs.

By stripping the weight of its original function, the work reflects on the contradiction of systems that quantify but fail to prevent deprivation. The transformation of a utilitarian tool into a symbol of imbalance makes absence tangible.

The Rider Hunger still has much to do in today’s world.