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ArtistThe Magician tarot card is conjured in The Juggler. While the smiling acrobat-clown conducts his impossible balancing act, connecting heaven and earth with his outstretched arms and legs, a young girl looks on, contemplating the master’s grace. The juggler poses on a looped rope, which is possibly a reference to the infinite circle of the ouroboros. The painting even has aspects of a cosmic dance, like that of the most popular sculptures of Shiva.
A dramatic oil painting depicts a theatrical circus scene at night, featuring a clown balancing on a wooden platform. The clown, with a pale face, red cheeks, and red hair, wears red pants, a black vest with vertical red and black stripes, a white ruffled collar, and red and white puffed sleeves. His arms are outstretched, as if balancing. Above him, a moon or glowing orb hangs from a rope that forms a large ring around the clown, against a deep blue sky filled with shimmering stars.
To the left, a young woman in a yellow jumpsuit and white socks defies gravity, floating horizontally in the air with outstretched arms and bent knees, holding onto a rope that descends vertically from the top of the frame. Her face is bright and joyful, and she wears a red headband. A red curtain is draped elegantly behind her.
To the right, a woman in a dark brown dress with ruffled cuffs and collar looks upwards with a smile, holding onto another rope that leads upwards. She has blonde hair adorned with colorful flowers on her head.
Below the clown, on the lower left, a young girl in a blue dress with a red bow looks up with wide-eyed wonder, holding onto the same vertical rope as the lev
