Simone Simbirie lives and works in Madagascar. He is much younger than Malangatana and while his style is very different, he is possibly influenced by the master’s use of space. The canvas explodes with overlapping faces, peering eyes and lines punctuated by three pairs of breasts and one lizard head. Boundaries seem to ebb and flow, parts of faces dissolving into other planes. Are the sections chards of broken hope waiting to be reconstructed? The blues and purples give the painting a mysterious feeling while the red and gold lightening-like lines in the top left corner and pink throughout highlight the composition.