Verónica Marcano
Gold vertical trails on deep blue, two tall and two short, thickening into blunt flames at their tips; a small detached mark hangs in the space beside them.

What Could Have Been II

Gold vertical trails on deep blue, two tall and two short, thickening into blunt flames at their tips; a small detached mark hangs in the space beside them.

One continuous line, drawn without lifting, in gold or cream or copper on flat ultramarine. Drawn that way a figure is fast, light and slightly comic — until it isn't. In 2024 the same line produced the Venezuela paintings.

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2024
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The body in movement

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