“He is an individualist who fits into no category, western or oriental, and imposes himself by his considerable talent.”
Cyril Barrett

This painting was exhibited in Souza’s exhibition Black Art and Other Paintings, held at Grosvenor Gallery in summer of 1966. This was a show consisting mainly of his black-on-black works, which at the time received mixed reviews. It was purchased from the show in May 1966 and remained in a private British Collection for over fifty years.

Here the central abstracted figure sits within banded borders, set against a dark background, the title deliberately antagonistic. The vivid colours and thick lines marking the composition are reminiscent of a stained-glass window. In his review of the show, critic and historian Cyril Barrett likened Souza’s colourful paintings as ‘a kind of passing tribute to Pop art, he draws inspiration from magazine photos. When he has worked them up into a composition they have lost all reference to their source; they are no longer Pop but transformed by Souza’s astringent style.’