Rocking Chair III

Rocking Chair III is a contemporary sculpture by Antwerp-based artist Marius Ritiu that reimagines a familiar domestic object as a vehicle for reflection on time, movement and the cosmos. Handcrafted in hammered copper, the work transforms the archetypal rocking chair into a sculptural form that oscillates between function and fiction, memory and imagination. The rhythmic gesture of rocking becomes a metaphor for celestial cycles, planetary motion and the perpetual balance between stillness and change. Every hammer mark remains visible on the copper surface, preserving the physical history of its making while allowing the material to capture and reflect light with a quiet luminosity. By elevating an everyday object into a contemplative presence, Rocking Chair III blurs the boundaries between design, sculpture and narrative. The work invites viewers to consider the chair not simply as a place of rest, but as a vessel for thought, where personal histories intersect with larger questions of existence, transformation and humanity's enduring relationship with the universe.