A tempo di tango (2014) Original Oil Painting by Assunta Cassa

When I painted A tempo di tango, I was thinking about how some moments feel like they belong outside of time. That’s why the couple is dancing inside a clock — because real connection, to me, has its own tempo.

This piece is a tribute to the tango’s intensity: the passion, the elegance, the silent agreement between two people who don’t need to speak to understand each other.
I used my usual palette knife and pixelated style to suggest contrast and harmony at once — rough textures and smooth curves, time and feeling, structure and surrender.

I like how the red dress cuts through the geometry like a flame, and how the lovers seem to move even if they’re still. That’s what tango does: it makes you stop breathing for a second. Just like art.

Signed front and back. Original artwork. Certificate of authenticity included.

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 80 x 80 x 4cm (unframed) / 80 x 80cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Urban and Pop
• Subject: People and portraits