Stella, BLOCK

The title of this collection, Stella, BLOCK, is layered with meaning, both literal and conceptual. Each ceramic fragment stands as an individual, yet together, they form a greater whole—an assemblage of pieces that interlock, much like a city, a people, or a history fractured and reconfigured.

Inspired by the simple, innocent forms of children’s building blocks, these sculptures speak to the way we construct and deconstruct our understanding of the world. As artists, we bear witness. We absorb, question, and attempt to translate what we see and hear into something tangible—something that might help us comprehend the incomprehensible.

The grid-like division of the Gaza Strip, fragmented into blocks as if part of a sinister game of strategy, has imprinted itself onto my consciousness. It mirrors the images that flood our screens: the devastation, the displacement, the remnants of a city in ruin. These sculptures are a response to that—an attempt to make sense of what defies reason.

The word block itself carries weight. A block is a foundation, a building material. It is a unit, but also an obstacle—a barrier, a barricade, a restriction. In this work, all these meanings converge. BLOCK is about what is built and what is broken, what is separated and what, despite it all, still holds together.