Modern Tango World N° 9 (Rome, Italy) | Page 30

When I became more adept at the dance, I felt compelled to translate my experiences using the two dimensional materials that abounded in my studio. Through the media of charcoal and oil, I filter those transient glimpses of couples moving in an embrace and my own personal experience in that embrace into another interpretation of the tango. Like the dance, it’s physical. I want the viewer to see my hands at work, I want them to see the process. Yet, unlike the dance, my artwork is not fleeting. This is important for me. Those sweet dance mo- ments are so ephemeral. When they are gone, all you are left with is the memory. But here, in these two dimensional works, whether on paper, canvas, or board, they are always there. It’s an endless tango. — 30 — TO SUBSCRIBE, CLICK HERE