THE SLANT

Regardless of one’s feelings about the traditional spectacle of bullfighting, one cannot but admire the extravagant costumes worn by toreros, which echo the flamboyant style of 19th-century dandies and are meticulously embroidered using shiny golden and silver thread — thus earning them the name ‘suit of lights’ (or ‘traje de luces’ in Spanish). Ever since the 1980’s, French painter Christian Gaillard has been creating portraits of bullfighters - his subjects include the greatest living bullfighters (some of whom are his personal friends) - in a detailed, almost photorealistic style

Nigerien (from Niger)

VOICES in my HEAD………..No.1

2 Corinthians 5:17

Rollerball pen on paper

7” X 9”

Detail : Apollo and Diana Punishing Niobe by Killing her Children. 1591.

Abraham Bloemaert. Dutch 1566-1651. oil/canvas.

Margaret Severn Mask Dances by Nina Leen for LIFE Magazine, 1944