DANSE MACABRE
5 Mono-prints on canvas each in a different colourway
| Published: | 2020 |
| Image Size: | 110 cms X 110 cms |
| Canvass Size: | 110 cms X 110 cms |
| Edition Size: | 5 |
Also available in 12 different colour mono prints
A number of gallery directors who show my work have advised me that this is not a good time to publish this particular edition. However, for me the dance of death seems to sum up our myriad reactions the Covid-19 pandemic. The subject matter of the association of death with the dance has provided the inspiration for many great works, some of them portrayed on this mono-print.
One of the more famous examples is ‘Danse Macabre’ by Saint-Saëns, which was inspired by the song of the same name by the poet Henri Cazelis. I have adapted the 1997 Richard Stokes translation of this song and used it as the central element for the diamond dust text. However, I felt Stokes’ use of the onomatopoeia ‘Tap-Tap-Tap’ bore little resemblance to the Zig-Zig-Zig of the original French. Indeed, it seemed more reminiscent of Dud and Pete’s “tap-tap-tap on the bloody window” , than a reflection of the sound of the bow scraping across the strings of the Devil’s Violin.
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