God feeding the dancer

God feeding the dancer is an installation or as Tony called it an 'environmental'. The red circle in the painting is continued in a red carpet completing the circle on the floor. To the right on the carpet was a nice round fishbowl with two goldfish swimming. To the left on the floor was small a wooden board with a text :dancing a wild wind of chaos. The painting 3 meter high, two meter wide was painted in 1992 and stood in our bedroom. It is one of the paintings Tony used to play his guitar to.

October 1983

You find here two newspaper clippings and the price list from the 1983 exhibition in Gallery Atrium. He had a big sculpting there that was the focal point in Café De Linde on the South side of Antwerp. then the sculpting moved to a castle in Portugal. The paintings in that time were big, reaching to the floor, being installations, often with a book added... I don't remember what or if he sold. The revues at least were great, loving Tony Mafia and his work.

Installations

Often Tony would do an installation, also called an 'environmental'. These usually started with a painting and then he extended it onto the floor with carpets, or small furniture. Often a fishbowl or fruit bowl would be part of it. These installations mostly did not survive: the goldfish died, people moved and didn't find the right spot to reinstall the painting. This picture was found in the trailer and I do not know who owns the painting. I am pretty sure it is in the USA.