Sentences with phrase «sings calypso»
Peter Doig, Red Man (Sings Calypso), 2017, oil on linen, 2.9 × 1.9 m. Courtesy: the artist and Michael Werner Gallery, New York and London
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His new works, currently on view at Michael Werner, pivot around two large paintings: A study of a bather in «Red Man (Sings Calypso)» and an eerie nightscape trio in «Two Trees».
Meanwhile, the towering Red Man (Sings Calypso)(2017) depicts a man crooning on the beach as a blue figure wrestles with a serpent on the sand behind him — a nod to Nicolas Poussin's Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake (c. 1648).
He lived aboard the Calypso for a week with all the crew, as well as singer John Denver, who, at this time, penned and sang the Calypso's famous theme song.
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Ramon remembers that the equipment on the Calypso was cutting edge and fondly recalls how every afternoon the crew would enjoy a barbeque as John Denver sang for them all.