The backdrop to these compositions consists of sections assailed by fire and an authentically apocalyptic landscape of hazy, colorful masses. The expressive imaginativeness of his scenes, not to mention his technical audacity, makes this piece a remarkable example of 1980s neo-expressionism.


GERMÁN VENEGAS (1959)
El triunfo de la muerte, 1988
The Triumph of Death
Four-piece polyptych. Oil, wood carving, and mixed media on canvas
Acquisition, 2005