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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Brandon Tay, Serpent Vessel, 2025 Photography Jonathan Tan
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Brandon Tay, Serpent Vessel, 2025 Installation view, SIngapore Biennale 2025 Photography Jonathan Tan
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Brandon Tay

Serpent Vessel, 2025
3D-printed aluminium, LED fan and paint
153.887 x 76 x 25 cm
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Brandon Tay, Death Spiral, 2021
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Serpent Vessel and Votive Spiral are sculptural interpretations of pivotal moments in the history of science. Serpent Vessel recalls German scientist Friedrich August Kekulé's famous dream of an ouroboros—an ancient...
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Serpent Vessel and Votive Spiral are sculptural interpretations of pivotal moments in the history of science. Serpent Vessel recalls German scientist Friedrich August Kekulé's famous dream of an ouroboros—an ancient symbol that depicts a serpent eating its own tail—that led to his discovery of benzene's ring structure. Votive Spiral evokes James Watson and Francis Crick's discovery of DNA's double helix structure. Tay expands these subconscious revelations into a speculative narrative with theocratic undertones, illustrated through Ophidian Codex, a series of diagrams created with Darius Ou. By reimagining these dream-inspired scientific epiphanies as mystical experiences with far-reaching consequences, the sculptures reflect how intuitive leaps and subconscious revelations can radically alter the course of history, challenging conventional understanding of how progress and belief intersect.
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Exhibitions

Liste Art Fair Basel 2026, Basel, 15-21 June 2026.
Commissioned by Singapore Art Museum for Singapore Biennale 2025: pure intention.
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