Mascarados de Pirenópolis XIV 1987

Julio Pomar made this painting, Mascarados de Pirenópolis XIV, with who-knows-what, and when? The process here is pretty clear, by which I mean beautifully unresolved! Looking at this painting is like watching someone think, where you see the first idea get painted out or pushed back, leaving a trace for the next idea. It’s all there on the surface. Check out that thick green stroke supporting a yellow circle near the bottom, like a lolly pop, grounded by smaller blue and purple dots. There’s a lightness, almost a humor in the way these shapes are just, plonked down. The orange background is scrubby, like it was wiped on with a rag, but underneath you get the feeling there's a whole history of other colours. This reminds me of Philip Guston, in that Pomar manages to suggest both cartoonishness and deep space at the same time. Isn't art about embracing ambiguity and multiple interpretations over fixed meanings anyway?