Tango on the street (2013) Original Oil Painting by Assunta Cassa

I love tango for what it stirs inside—not just for the beauty of the movement. It’s intensity, presence, mutual listening. In this scene, I imagined the city turning into a spontaneous stage: the street becomes a dance floor, music rises between people, and everything comes alive in the rhythm of an embrace.

The two dancing couples tell two different ways of being together: one more intense and visible, the other quieter, more intimate. And around them, the city watches.

I painted this piece using a palette knife, building volume fragment by fragment, letting the pixels turn into gesture, matter, emotion.

That’s how I try to capture the vibration of those moments that seem to happen by chance, yet remain in memory like a small urban miracle.

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 90 x 70 x 1.5cm (unframed) / 90 x 70cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Urban and Pop
• Subject: People and portraits