In this vertically oriented mixed-media work, Richard Glazer Danay layers disparate visual languages into a single, charged tableau. At the center sits a Hispanic retablo, anchoring the composition in devotional tradition, while the surrounding imagery fractures any sense of stability. In the lower register, a female figure rendered in Aboriginal-style dot patterns appears suspended in space, spear in hand, encircled by sharks – at once grounded, endangered, and defiant. She reaches upward, grasping an airplane that propels the eye into the upper fields of the work.

Black, silhouetted aircraft scatter across a blue sky, moving in conflicting directions. Above them, a dark, glitter-inflected grouping of dotted birds hover in the upper third, evoking flight, freedom and transcendence. As in much of Glazer Danay’s practice, Pop imagery, spiritual reference, and global symbolism collide with humor and unease. The work reads as both spectacle and critique – an irreverent, restless composition that reflects the artist’s engagement with power, movement, and the absurd choreography of the modern world.