
Materials: Bronze Powder, Shaped Concrete
Artist: Anthony Caponi
Date: 1982-2004
With the head of a python, the body of an anaconda, and the tail of a rattlesnake, this creature is like no other snake. It also has an unusual appetite having swallowed a figure, pig and alligator, all from the imagination of Caponi’s granddaughter. Snake is made of cement. The head is the only part that was molded and cast in place. The body was made from wet cement and continually shaped until the material hardened. This earthwork is both a monumental piece of art and a functioning retaining wall.