Work

The Dance(1910) is a consecutive work from another piece of artwork in 1909, which was for his acquaintance Russian art collector Sergei Shchukin. Dance was a part of a two painting commission, the other painting being Music. This artwork was produced when Matisse was into favism, and the color and figure of the painting shows it very well. The red human figures who are dancing has a highly contrasting color with the background. Matisse focused on the movements of the human figure in the picture, representing the liberation of the mental state. I selected this picture because it captured my minds with its strong color and also it made me to think what if I can make the movements clearer with digital recreation.