Title: Clandestine Sun
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 30 x 50 cm
Year: 2020
Artist: Mariano Raia
This work depicts an unusual figure with a sun in place of its head, seated on a toilet in a dimly lit bathroom. Its excrement transforms into another sun, flowing through the plumbing, where two rats are positioned within its glow. The figure’s chest bears sun motifs, while one hand holds a captured moon and the other handles toilet paper. A lone cockroach crawls along the wall, enhancing the eerie and unconventional atmosphere of the scene.
