Le Colisée 1987

Horia Damian made 'Le Colisée' with paint, building a skeletal version of the ancient landmark. Look at how the paint is washed across the canvas, almost like a memory fading. I wonder, was he thinking about time, about ruins, about how things fall apart? The grays and whites give it such a ghostly feel, as if the Colosseum is just an idea, barely there. The lines are loose, like a sketch, and you can see the hand of the artist in every stroke. There’s something really tender about the imperfection, about how it’s not trying to be a perfect copy. It’s like he’s saying, ‘Hey, this is how I see it, a little broken, a little dreamy, but still standing.’ It’s a reminder that we’re all just trying to make sense of the world in our own messy, beautiful ways.