DeAngel

DEANGEL (Barcelona, 1966).
"Young man with katana and rhino" 2010.
Oil and acrylic on canvas on wooden stretcher frame.
Signed.
Certificate of authenticity attached.
Measurements: 73 x 92 cm.

DeAngel builds a scene of strong visual and symbolic tension. The composition confronts a young woman armed with a katana with the imposing presence of a rhinoceros, creating an image full of contrast between fragility and strength, sensuality and threat, dominance and resistance.

The pictorial treatment combines a remarkable anatomical realism in the representation of the animal with an expressionist atmosphere, marked by an earthy and golden palette that envelops the scene in an almost ritualistic atmosphere. The rhinoceros, monumental and corporeal, occupies a large part of the pictorial space, while the female figure, stylized and defiant, introduces a contemporary, provocative and cinematographic component. The background, worked with gestures and matter, reinforces the drama of the scene without detracting from the prominence of the two main figures.