Le fabuliste 2008

Carlos Sablòn made this painting, titled "Le Fabuliste", with oil on canvas. The painting is like a dream, one that makes you think about what you are seeing. The texture is thick with dark greens that surround a light green suit, whose head has been replaced with a mass of balloons. The suit seems oddly ordinary and the blank space where the head should be makes you wonder: what is the story here? Look at the way the paint has been applied, with strong vertical strokes in the background that feels like pushing the figure towards us. The balloons and the suit, these are solid forms made up of layers and layers of paint. It reminds me a little of Magritte, a familiar figure in an impossible scenario, asking us to reconsider what is real and what is not, with a touch of humour. Art is a journey, right? A puzzle with many answers.