Dan Daniel - Saturn 2.0” – A Marble Reverie of Balance
- Daniel Dan
- May 31
- 1 min read
Name: Saturn 2.0
Artist: Dan Daniel
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Material: white Marble and Granite
Year: 2024
In an almost solemn stillness, Saturn 2.0 rises as a visual meditation on cosmic balance and human fragility. The sculpture — composed of a pristine white ring with subtle texture, intersected by a perfectly straight black bar — appears to be a modern, poetic interpretation of the ringed planet Saturn, reimagined through a minimalist, almost digital lens, hence the “2.0” extension.
Saturn’s iconic rings are here distilled to their essence: an oval form, imperfectly perfect, seemingly suspended in gravitational silence, defying the laws of physics. The white, marble-like surface suggests both purity and eternity. It looks carved from an ancient thought, yet polished with contemporary precision — as if time itself had been rewoven through the artist’s fingers.
In contrast, the black bar — geometric, exact, cold — cuts through the composition like a line of code in a space-bound algorithm. It is technology, progress, the human imprint upon a universe that might otherwise remain untouched. Without it, Saturn would fade into myth; with it, it is reborn as a symbol of synthesis between nature and innovation.
Saturn 2.0 is not just a sculpture. It is a thought frozen in space. A visual poem about balance, contrast, future, and myth. It does not speak — but it says everything. It reminds us that in the universe’s apparent chaos, there is order. And within the simplicity of form, the deepest questions lie hidden.
Check more about Dan Daniel(PhD) and his arts online on BoBa Artist's page
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