
An oversized set of prayer beads, made of resin, sprouting from the ground,AÂ AÂ AÂ UR addresses the balance between seclusion and society, spirit and state, echoes of which we continue to find in the US, Europe and the Middle East today. The beads’ scale and momentum, launched from below the surface, invite a quiet playfulness, in particular regarding a subject matter often brushed under the proverbial rug.
AÂ AÂ AÂ UR is the original ancient Egyptian demotic text, meaning literally “big, big, very big”, from which the Greeks conceived/translated the name of Hermes Trismegistis (Thrice Great), the author/ founder of Hermeticism, an esoteric body of knowledge that speaks to the great tradition of interfaith dialogue and mysticism.