2019
Oracular Skullptures #1
Shiny painted skullptures coming from otherworldly realms.
Poised between art and design, sacred and profane, Oracular Skullptures is the first series of real animal skulls coated with a special blend of pastel colors and enriched with gold details.
The glossy surface is reminiscent of the spray-painting of a car giving the skulls a “toyish” look; at the same time, these “delightfully macabre” and “wonderfully grotesque” natural objects look like magical creatures, astral beings from outer space or other worlds.
Oracular Skullptures (2019), installation view.
Artist with Giraffe Skullpture
Each skull is an oracle: if questioned, it will answer; if respected, it will bring good fortune, wealth, knowledge, love or wisdom. The animal skull has here abdicated its natural function in favor of a cultural one, thanks to artistic intervention.
This first series was part of my solo debut exhibition Where is my sacred? (2019) at the Fondazione Pastificio Cerere in Rome.
Oracular Skullpture (2019), installation view 2.
