Tower of Song

Daniel Senise Portela1993

Details

Title: Tower of Song
Creator: Daniel Senise Portela
Creator Lifespan: 1955
Creator Nationality: Brazilian
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Birth Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date Created: 1993
Title translation: Torre de cancion
Physical Dimensions: w57.5 x h86.63 in
About the Work: Daniel Senise's work is a combination of iconography and complex background which results in paintings that are both abstractions and figurations. The iconography in Senise's pieces is enigmatic, cryptic and non-narrative, as in the case of Tower of Song / Torre de canción, a painting of death and mourning where one of the most significant elements is a crown of thorns floating on top of what seems like a mountain landscape or a desert dune, with the epitaph “dedicado a Leo” (dedicated to Leo), a friend who died the same year the painting was made.
Type: Painting
Rights: Gift of the Robert Gumbiner Foundation
External Link: Museum of Latin American Art
Medium: Acrylic and steel shavings on canvas

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