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Cornelia Parker
Poison and Antidote Drawing, 2012Rattlesnake venom and black ink, Anti-venom and white ink65.5 x 65.5 x 3.8 cm (framed)Cornelia Parker’s Poison and Antidote drawings take the form of Rorschach blots: abstract symmetrical ink blots which would be presented to patients undergoing psychoanalysis for interpretation as a means of...Cornelia Parker’s Poison and Antidote drawings take the form of Rorschach blots: abstract symmetrical ink blots which would be presented to patients undergoing psychoanalysis for interpretation as a means of revealing their subconscious thoughts and desires. Parker’s version is made using bright yellow rattlesnake venom mixed with black ink, and its antidote mixed with white ink, to create a drawing which literally contains the kill and the cure.
A work from this series is in the British Museum, London.
