The Fall of the King II

Walter Goldfarb2003

Details

Title: The Fall of the King II
Creator: Walter Goldfarb
Creator Lifespan: 1964
Creator Nationality: Brazilian
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Birth Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date Created: 2003
Title translation: La caída del Rey II
Physical Dimensions: w125.87 x h78.63 in
About the Work: Walter Goldfarb’s work reflects on religion, history and art history from a contemporary point of view. Utilizing biographical elements such as his parents' history, Goldfarb explores the values and visual vocabulary of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The washed-out color of his canvases represents grieving, and thus Goldfarb's paintings imply a remembrance of past events. In this painting, Goldfarb is representing the loss of power of men. The image of the castle in the painting represents male power in contrast to the black spiral form in the foreground that is to represent female power. This black spiral form is also a reference to the Greek mythological figure of Medusa, whose distinct hair was filled with serpents and whose power was able to make anyone who looked at her turn into stone.
Type: Painting
Rights: Gift of Saul Ziperovich
External Link: Museum of Latin American Art
Medium: Charcoal and tempera on raw canvas

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