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René Dani ëls Untitled, 1982 Oil on canvas, 35⅝ × 51⅛ in. Courtesy the artist, Modern Art, London, and the Ren é Dani ëls Foundation, Eindhoven Collection of Charlie Pohlad
Ambiguity plays an important role in what Daniëls described as his attempt to create a form of “visual poetry” in painting. In this work, two almost- mirrored male figures sit back-to-back with eyes closed. A ghostly hand emerges from the smoke ring that frames the composition, holding an object to each gentleman’s nose that evokes a blade for shaving their stubbled chins or a delectable cigar. —HJ
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