Meret Oppenheim
Untitled, 1984–1986
18kt yellow gold and onyx ring
3.5 cm
edition of 10
signed and numbered
Cleto Munari edition
Meret Oppenheim passionately attended the carnival in Basel every year; she collected traditional masks and created her own costumes. Her works, costumes or adornments offer disguise and permit playfulness; in fact, with these wearable sculptures, the wearer might take on the properties of what they are carrying.
In the case of Oppenheim’s Snake Ear Cuff the person wearing this wearable art piece may take on the sinuousness and stealth of the reptile. The wearable art pieces by Meret Oppheneim are representative of her personality: between humour and elegance, they explore female sexuality, identity and exploitation.
