"Apocalypse Suite" cover art shade

Gabriel Bá Brazilian
2008
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
The union of body and instrument gives individuals the ability to recast themselves. In the comic book series The Umbrella Academy, the character Vanya Hargreeves develops extraordinary powers when she plays the violin. Her overlooked emotions, creativity, and potential transform into superhuman traits. The elegant merging of Vanya and her instrument challenges the viewer to identify where her body ends and that of the powerful White Violin begins.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "Apocalypse Suite" cover art shade
  • Artist: Gabriel Bá (Brazilian, born 1976)
  • Date: 2008
  • Medium: India ink
  • Dimensions: 11 x 17 in. (unframed)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Collection of the artist, Brazil
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments