José Rodeiro The Spirits of the Dead Watching (Picasso Museum, Barcelona), oil-on-linen, 8’ x 6,’ 1988.
In this image, five women unwind within the Picasso Museum, Barrio Gotico, Barcelona, resting on a green velvet sofa, like Hesiod’s muses each holds a specific item associated with her explicit identity or task. Around the women, dinosaur shadows float. Resting on the green-velvet sofa are Nuscha Rodeiro (playing the guitar) and Kristine Suarez-Cummings petting a cat. Throughout the image’s expressive composition, primordial animism and shamanism reign.