The Little Art Window: RACHEL MARKS "OUROBOROS"

Rachel Marks

ΟὐΡΟΒΌΡΟΣ (OUROBOROS), 2025

recycled books, apple seed, tree bark, snake skeleton, LED lights, fossils, geodes, precious stones, insects, amber, scorpion, crab, dirt, tree mushroom, salt, crystallised cicada, branch
270 x 140 cm.

PROVENANCE: from the Artist’s studio

Commissioned as a site-specific work for The Little Art Window, Rachel Marks’ Ouroboros – named after the ancient symbol of the serpent consuming its own tail – reflects on the continual cycle of creation, loss, and renewal. 

Beginning with a seed and a serpentine form, the sculpture unfolds through organic shapes that explore growth and transformation. Crystallised book pages appear like emerging leaves, hinting at language returning to matter and memory. Read left to right, Ouroboros grows like a tree, a quiet continuum where geology, myth, and spirit flow together.

Rachel Marks, an American-born, Paris-based multidisciplinary artist, explores the intersections of nature, language, ritual, and transformation. Recent projects include Palímpsēstos Florae at Christie’s Paris (2025) and her monumental installation Symfolia at the Philharmonie de Paris at the Cité de la Musique (2024).