This striking statue, crafted from plaster of Paris, captures the haunting elegance of mortality intertwined with nature’s raw predatory beauty. The piece depicts a skeletal human head, its hollow sockets staring into the void, evoking a profound sense of decay and inevitability. Nestled within the ribcage and cranial cavities, a coiled serpent emerges, its sinuous body weaving through the bones as if claiming the remains as its lair.
The snake’s detailed scales and poised fangs glisten with a lifelike menace, symbolizing both life’s persistence and its lethal fragility. The contrast between the brittle, chalky finish of the plaster and the sinuous flow of the snake creates a visual tension, highlighting the relationship between death and venomous vitality.
The Venomous Head invites viewers to confront the duality of beauty and peril, decay and renewal, making it an unforgettable exploration of life’s cyclical nature.