Carnal Apocalypse

 

 Title: Carnal Apocalypse
 Medium: Oil on canvas
 Size: 60 x 80 cm
 Year: 2019
 Artist: Mariano Raia

 This provocative piece depicts two cadaverous humanoid figures, male and female, entwined in an intimate embrace. Their unusual features and skeletal-like forms create a surreal and unsettling atmosphere. Black-and-yellow radiation symbols mark the female figure’s chest. Flames rise beneath them, while a rainbow arches above, surrounded by a flock of black birds in flight, emphasizing the tension between destruction and transcendence.