Sisyphus (b)

Graphite on rough paper · 8 × 11 inches

In this variation of “Sisyphus”, the burden expands into shared experience. The crouched figure supports a massive stone that nearly envelops him, its curve echoing his spine.

Behind him, a seated woman mirrors the rock’s rounded weight. She does not intervene, yet her presence shifts the struggle from solitary myth to relational reality.

Dense cross-hatching intensifies pressure around their upper bodies, while curved repetitions bind stone, figures, and ground into cyclical rhythm. Endurance here is not isolation—it is a condition lived within human proximity.