Tormenta (woman in black) is young, she's rich, she's beautiful but she doesn't know who she is- and neither do we, because we never see her from the front. But sometimes the back can reveal as much as what is up front in a person. Things were always happening in front of her, but she never really is apart of it, like history taking place in many different guises. She is in observation of her own creation. She has a timeless quality to her, like a simple black dress.
       Sometimes the woman casts a shadow with puppets on her hands, sometimes the painting is filled with faces in a crowd watching her perform. Here, her shadow appears on the wall as an antlered animal. La Tormenta inspired a musical collaboration between Gronk, Joseph Gonzalez, and the Kronos Quartet called, 'Tormenta Contata.' Gronk paints and makes music with his paintbrush during the performance.

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