Stone was inspired by Irving Stone’s ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy’ on the life and times of Italian sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti.

The book takes a circular journey starting and ending with the same page - ‘He was in love with stone.’  While the white pages are passages from the book, the grey pages are sort of a précis of the white pages.

Artist statement: While I saw stone as a cold and callous object, Michelangelo described it as fruit and meat and as light and living. I did change my point of view.

© 2004 by Priya Pereira