Somewhere Under the Sky

Somewhere Under the Sky (Sisyphus Part VIII) is part of the Sisyphus series by Antwerp-based artist Marius Ritiu, a body of contemporary sculptures that examines endurance, repetition and the search for meaning through material form. Hand-hammered in copper, the work bears the physical memory of its making, each mark recording a sustained dialogue between the artist and the material. Its title evokes both a specific place and an infinite horizon, suggesting that even within cycles of perpetual effort there exists a space for contemplation and wonder. The sculpture recalls a fragment of celestial matter, as though shaped by the immense pressures of geological and cosmic time, collapsing the distance between the earthly and the astronomical. Drawing on the myth of Sisyphus, the work shifts the narrative from futility towards perseverance, proposing that the act of carrying, building and beginning again is fundamental to the human condition. Somewhere Under the Sky was presented as part of the Finis Terrae exhibition, where it was installed in the garden of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. Situated beneath the open sky and within the historic surroundings of the cathedral, the work established a dialogue between the sacred, the terrestrial and the cosmic, inviting viewers to reflect on humanity's enduring place within an ever-expanding universe. Through the union of meticulous craftsmanship and cosmological imagination, the sculpture becomes both a monument to persistence and a quiet meditation on our shared existence beneath the same sky.