The Serbian artist Ivana Bašić (b. 1987) believes that her free-standing and humanoid sculptures which bear resemblances with a corpse are real, meaning alive and human. From an anthropocentric...Show moreThe Serbian artist Ivana Bašić (b. 1987) believes that her free-standing and humanoid sculptures which bear resemblances with a corpse are real, meaning alive and human. From an anthropocentric view, such a conviction may initially pose as difficult for the viewers of her work to agree with. The reason for that lies in the perception that certain power dynamics, which occur when a viewer encounters a statue, necessarily reduce the sculpture to a mere object. However, this hierarchy may also be challenged, particularly in the two aspects of materiality and visual qualities. This paper analyses Bašić’s sculptural work I will lull and rock my ailing light in my marble arms #1 and #2 (2017) through a posthumanist lens, using theories on materiality, the uncanny, and the abject. The focus therein lies in expanding the default notion on sculptures being “dead objects” by introducing a possible reality wherein they can be perceived to exist in a realm “in-between” being alive and dead.Show less