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description of my artwork
This work is titled Dance of Death. What does Juel want to symbolize with it, or rather, what is he pointing out?
Certainly, on the one hand, the transience of life, as well as the equality of everyone before death. He also wants to tell us that we are all equal, whether rich or poor, good or evil. He also wants to symbolize our mortality, at least in our present bodies.
A beautiful young woman dances the Dance of Death. She wears a white dress, but a skull can be seen in the dress itself. Is it a longing for death? I don't think so.
Juel's longing goes much further. It is the longing for the equality of all people. Namely, that in the hour of death, all people are equal. And Juel lets a beautiful young woman dance—the dance of joy into a more just, equal world. No distinction between rich and poor, healthy and sick, old and young.
He celebrates the eternity of the moment of equality and all oneness.
The snake's eye on the left is not meant to be a threat, but rather to suggest metamorphosis: rejuvenation and shedding, and also symbolizes the power of the earth.
Simultaneously, dominating the woman's figure is the antler of the ibex, a symbol of her strength and tenacity. She dances with lightness and dignity, and with great ambition, on the path of the vision of equal human rights.
A delicate yet dynamic image of woman, who in our times is setting out to find her own path to equality.
Women, in a positive sense, occupy a very important place in Juel's painting. Juel is an aesthete of beauty and, at the same time, an admirer of the intelligent. His entire life seems to be a never-ending learning process.
