Serbian artist Nikola Rikanovic posted a promotional link to his 2011 aluminum sculpture "The Prayer" on Saatchi Art, alongside a reference to his "New York Prayer" project.
The large modernist outdoor sculpture, themed around religion, measures roughly 5.8m x 6m x 0.65m and features an abstract, vertical architectural form resembling prayer or a gateway.
Listed at $53,000 and now marked sold, the work was installed in Pančevo, Serbia's National Garden; Rikanovic has created multiple prayer-themed pieces including versions linked to Woodstock, New York.
The Prayer Sculpture by Nikola Rikanovic | Saatchi Art
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Religion / Prayer (spirituality), centered on the act and gesture of prayer.On Saatchi Art, the 2011 aluminum sculpture The Prayer (Molitva) is explicitly categorized under the subject Religion and the style Modernism.
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Its form—symmetrical, upward-reaching aluminum profiles—evokes hands that are simultaneously open and clasped in a prayer gesture. Contemporary critical descriptions note that this association directly confirms the work’s title and spiritual intent. The lightweight, ethereal structure interacts with light, sky, and surroundings, creating a sense of dematerialization that reinforces its contemplative, spiritual character.
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It belongs to the artist’s ongoing “Prayer” series, which explores themes of reflection, spirituality, and communal or personal meditation (sometimes extending to remembrance of loss or historical suffering in related projects). The core theme of this specific outdoor piece, however, remains the universal idea and physical gesture of prayer.