A three-handed game 2015

Danil Nemirovsky painted ‘A three-handed game’, and the medium looks like oil or acrylic, worked into a kaleidoscope of shapes and surreal figures. I imagine him layering on the colors, a push and pull between intention and accident. It feels playful, like the painting itself is a game. There’s a kind of organised chaos happening that I can really relate to. I can feel the artist's struggle to bring all the elements together, the back-and-forth of adding and subtracting until some resolution is reached. It's a bit like a conversation, with the painting responding to each mark, each decision. That black arrow, for example, seems to be pointing downwards with an intense focus; it is as though Nemirovsky decided to say: hey, here's how to see this. It's a bold statement, and the other elements around it seem to respond and come into line. The spirit of artists like Picasso and Picabia is present here. It's all part of one big ongoing conversation, you know? They weren't afraid to let things get messy and complicated. It’s about embracing uncertainty, allowing for multiple readings, and seeing where the painting takes you.