First Thoughts

 First Thoughts

For my final project I had to think of a whole new topic to use as a starting point. I very quickly chose to do something with snakes as I find them so interesting, but also because they hold so much power in mythology as well as the animal kingdom. I started by looking at different depictions of snakes throughout history in art. 

Snakes in Art


 
Zoe Keller Where We Once Lived 2

Keller uses graphite to draw extremely detailed pictures to explore biodiversity and wild places. This drawing is of a Copperbelly Water Snake and is part of the Scale and Bone series which focuses on at-risk or extinct snakes. 











Minoan Snake Goddess

Snakes held multiple associations for the Minoans such as rejuvenation, as snakes shed their skins, and resurrection, as they can move both above and below ground. The Goddess herself represents fertility and sexuality and this statue was found at a Minoan archaeological site in Crete at the Palace of Knossos. It's believed to have been made between 1700 and 1450 BCE.





  
Polly Morgan How to Behave at Home

This series of sculptures features hides of snakes positioned in the cracks and holes inside concrete and polystyrene forms. She made these sculptures to hint at the distorting effect social media has on our physical selves, especially during COVID, where we are shaped to fit the changing structures in society. 








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