Richard MacDonald
Capeo Flamenco, Red, 2015
Bronze with red patina
21.5" x 21" x 17"
Richard MacDonald
Tango Study III, 2002
Bronze
19.25" x 8.75" x 22.25"
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Some say the word tango comes from the Latin, tangere, which means to touch. Richard MacDonald’s recently completed Tango Series employ that definition on many levels. While the studies depict a couple touching at various stages of their passionate dance, the touch of the artist’s hand remains palpable in the works as if he has just now put down his tools and stepped away. Always absorbed by human theater, MacDonald gravitated to dancer Jordi Caballero whose authentic and entertaining Latin-based choreography is internationally known. Joined by his partner Zita Gonzalez, Jordi inspired MacDonald to begin a series of works that examine the tango’s sensual composition. Like the dancers, the studies portray the steps and tensions of seduction. While he works, the artist becomes part of the dance, and the finished sculptures contain the tango’s energy even as his fascination with surface suggests the dance’s symbolic obsession. The Tango Series expresses an intriguing variation of mood and movement, and in Tango Study III, Jordi dominates as Zita submits, and MacDonald conveys the dancers’ emotional give and take with a graphic design of intertwined limbs and expressive faces. Viewed together, the Tango studies make a moving statement about love and fatality, joy and sorrow.
Related artworks
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Richard MacDonaldTango Study I, Red, 2015Bronze with red patina19.75" x 7" x 14"
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Richard MacDonaldTango Study II, Red, 2015Bronze with red patina20.25" x 8" x 12"
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Richard MacDonaldBraceo Flamenco, 2002Bronze18" x 17.5" x 10"
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Richard MacDonaldExtensión Flamenco, 2002Bronze15.75" x 22" x 10"
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Richard MacDonaldTango Study I, 2002Bronze19.75" x 7" x 14"
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Richard MacDonaldTango Study II, 2002Bronze20.25" x 8" x 12"
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Richard MacDonaldCapeo Flamenco, 2002Bronze21.5" x 21" x 17"
