The Last Tango 2017

Michael Cheval painted "The Last Tango", and it’s a trip! Imagine him layering on the oils, each stroke building this surreal scene. I can see him tweaking the colors, getting that dreamy, otherworldly feel just right. The swirls of the frame, those strange figures in the background… it's like a whole other dimension bleeding into this dance. And the couple! They're caught in this elegant, slightly melancholic embrace. It is this that gives the whole painting a kind of tension, or maybe it’s release. I wonder if he was thinking about the dance between reality and fantasy, or maybe just playing with the absurdity of it all. Either way, it reminds me that artists are always riffing off each other, pushing boundaries. Like Dalí or Magritte, Cheval embraces the strange. Painting is all about conversation.