Kandyskin IX (Sloth)
Title
Kandyskin IX (Sloth)
Subject
Italy -- Emigration and immigration -- Italian-American art -- United States -- Art history -- 20th century
Description
IX. Sloth
Michelangelo's Chapel of the Medici offers repose to Peggy Guggenheim and Leo Castelli, as they, supine, soak up the energy of Kandyskin-Shiva's cosmic dance.
Kandyskin, volatile as flame, dances away from the trophies in the vaults, on the notes of Saint-Saéns Dance of the Fossils.
Pigrichious poor in spirit
procure pearls of poetry and paint,
buying dearly what is not for sale
to dry-brow Dons and Donnas.
Kandyskin,
volatile as flame,
dances by the trophies in the vaults.
(transcription of the text in the painting)
Michelangelo's Chapel of the Medici offers repose to Peggy Guggenheim and Leo Castelli, as they, supine, soak up the energy of Kandyskin-Shiva's cosmic dance.
Kandyskin, volatile as flame, dances away from the trophies in the vaults, on the notes of Saint-Saéns Dance of the Fossils.
Pigrichious poor in spirit
procure pearls of poetry and paint,
buying dearly what is not for sale
to dry-brow Dons and Donnas.
Kandyskin,
volatile as flame,
dances by the trophies in the vaults.
(transcription of the text in the painting)
Creator
Tom DiSalvo
Source
https://theexhibit.io/exhibition/al-di-la-delle-retibeyond-the-nets-the-art-of-tom-disalvo/artwork/kandyskin-ix-sloth
Date
1989
Contributor
Federico Tiberini, Domenica Diraviam, Viviana Pezzullo
Relation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TSkIG9lFvY
Format
Oil on linen
Type
Painting
Coverage
US
Physical Dimensions
122 x 152 cm
Collection
Citation
Tom DiSalvo, “Kandyskin IX (Sloth),” Italian-American Memories: Documentary Archive, accessed April 28, 2024, https://itamm.omeka.net/items/show/351.