Roman Ondak Melancholia, 2025

Roman Ondak's sculpture Melancholia, 2025, vaguely resembles an abstracted seated figure, formed from a sphere and linear elements that read as torso and limbs. Conceptually, the work is linked to the artist’s series of sculptures related to the first satellite Sputnik 1, assemblages from found materials that vaguely recalled the satellites circular shape and antennas. In another comment on past promises that have not been fulfilled, the satellite sent by man to explore space has turned into the image of a thoughtful, perhaps as the title suggests, melancholy human, similar to its namesake by Albrecht Dürer who sits and contemplates the nature of beauty and the course of history.