The case of Richard Dato

"A work of art made in admitted imitation of several style of other works from Data. A composition of incongruous parts; a hodgepodge or pasticcio. Often a pastiche is made in order to ridicule the style of the artist it imitates, but in the case of Dato, the mystic of his général concept encompass the purity and the putrefact of his opposite side. Richard let everything ruined: here comes the magic"

Richard Dato , Témor ta mer, 2008, cibachrome, (111.5 x 76.8 cm), Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA / inspired by Témor ta mer, an oil on canevas by Rachid Data (1986)