Media: Bronze

Guru's "The Assembly of Shadows" is an allegory of the human condition—our need to come together, to exchange ideas, to argue and to agree. The figures, though static, are full of movement, their gestures exaggerated, their forms stylized to emphasize the flow of invisible words that pass between them.

This assembly is not just a meeting of individuals but a symbol of the collective human spirit—the sharing of knowledge, the debates that shape our society, the communal efforts to understand and to be understood. Each figure, though only partially defined, is a crucial part of the narrative, representing the diversity of voices that contribute to the chorus of civilization.

The emotions captured in the sculpture are as varied as they are intense—there is the strain of argument, the joy of revelation, and the solemnity of decision-making. The surface, scarred and worn, speaks to the age-old nature of these interactions, the historical weight of human communication that Guru has distilled into a single, powerful image.