Wedding in the old-times Georgia 1916

Niko Pirosmani painted "Wedding in the old-times Georgia" with oil on canvas, and what strikes me is the way he fearlessly uses darkness. It’s like he's not afraid to let the night swallow the scene. The texture is thick, almost primal, and the way the colors bleed into each other gives the whole scene a dreamlike quality. Look at the foreground figure, standing with his cane. The paint is applied so directly it’s as if Pirosmani was sculpting with his brush, and there’s a vulnerability to the figure that I find so compelling. It reminds me of some of Guston’s hooded figures. Pirosmani, like Guston, wasn't interested in hiding the process, but flaunting it, allowing each stroke to tell a story of its own. It’s a reminder that art isn't about perfection but about the messy, beautiful journey of creation.