K S Radhakrishnan’s The Heap and Ascent Descent shows the concept of humanity being drained of individuality and simply piled together as a heap during Covid. Radhakrishnan explained how he lost his own mother and it brought home to him starkly that at that time you were either a Covid patient or not - there was no place to be a mother or friend. And yet, the sculpture with his trademark male and female archetypes – Musui and Maya - is not a pessimistic work as the topmost layer is supporting those below, denoting the selfless way many came together to give each other strength.

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