It is notable that this is the first landscape and the first painting with more than one character. The only other work with more than one figure was on a flag and sold to a museum in France.

The background is a Flemish painting, as mentioned. The figure on the left is Bronzino (referencing the Italian painter). The fang mask comes from Gabon.

The middle figure is a portrait of a young European princess, juxtaposed with a face of a young woman, a vintage photograph is an African American child taken in the 1870’s. The cross included was more spontaneous, not alluding to religious connotation, but was an element of apparatus.

The mother and queen on the right is from an archive from Afro-Brazilian descent, from Bahia, where a lot of the slave trade centralized in the north of Brazil.

He is interested in telling and retelling the history from Africa, whether it be from the continent, the Caribbean or America.

In this portrait, you see a time lapse, seeing the future, present and a reference of history, almost a fantasy, placing the viewer in this position intentionally.

This is also the first time he has incorporated glitter in a monumental work, which is very subtle.