THE TALE OF THE EYE, THE SEED AND THE SNAKE
Lucía Pizzani
FRIEZE SCULPTURE 2025, Regent’s Park London, 17 September – 2 November 2025
Following the success of Of Roots and Vessels, a solo exhibition presented by Victoria Law Projects at Photo London 2025, Venezuelan-born, London-based artist Lucia Pizzani returns with a major new commission for Frieze Sculpture 2025. Co-presented with Galleria Doris Ghetta, the site-specific installation—The Tale of The Eye, the Snake and the Seed—unfolds in Regent’s Park as a multi-sensory exploration of nature, myth, and transformation.
Pizzani’s installation features three ceramic forms, each symbolizing an archetypal motif from ancient iconography: the seed, the snake and the eye. These elements are fired in clay and supported by steel structures.
The seed represents fertility and growth, referencing the biological cycles of nature and its generative power. The snake, often associated with the earth and transformation, suggests renewal and the tension between life and death. The eye is a symbol of protection and perception, a guiding presence in darkness, aligned with this year’s Frieze Sculpture theme In the Shadows. Together, the three motifs form a sculptural triad connected through material, symbolism and place.
The installation is accompanied by a sound piece developed in collaboration with Lucia Pietroiusti, Head of Ecologies at Serpentine. The two created a fictional story embedded with a surrealist style, using dreams and psychedelic visions as a point of departure. They become the Eye, the Seed and the Snake through sensorial experiences both bodily and cosmic. This story was recorded as a layered audio composition, featuring fragments of spoken word combined with ambient sounds and field recordings captured in the park.
The resulting experience blends ceramic sculpture with literary and sonic elements, encouraging visitors to reflect on nature, mythology, and embodied knowledge. The work is part of Pizzani’s broader practice, which investigates the intersection of the feminine, ecology, and material transformation.
The Eye, 2025
Red stoneware clay, 18 x 26 x 4 cm
Limited edition of 4The Eye, 2025
Black stoneware clay, 18 x 26 x 4 cm
Limited edition of 5Collector’s Edition
To accompany her site-specific installation The Tale of The Eye, the Snake and the Seed at Frieze Sculpture 2025, artist Lucia Pizzani has created a special limited edition series of ceramic sculptures titled The Eye.
The edition draws directly from a central motif within the larger installation—the eye as a protective device—a recurring theme in Pizzani’s body of work. Reflecting her concern with opening a dialogue between the natural and human worlds, the ceramic eye serves as a window through which to gaze into nature, embodying vision, intuition, and transformation.
Produced in a limited edition of 9, the series features a combination of red and black ceramics, reflecting the elemental symbolism embedded in the work.
Victoria Law Projects currently has 2 red and 1 black sculptures available for acquisition, priced at £1,200 each (including VAT). Each piece is signed, numbered, and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Proceeds from the sale of The Eye directly support the production and presentation of Pizzani’s Frieze Sculpture project, offering collectors the opportunity to engage with and sustain ambitious contemporary public art.