Black Sun 2022

Danil Nemirovsky made this piece, “Black Sun,” with what looks like ink on paper. The all-over mark-making reminds me that art is a process, a repetitive, meditative act. Look at the way the black ink pools into solid shapes while elsewhere dissolving into delicate nets. These shifts and contrasts keep the eye moving around the image, from the solid dark form at the top to the row of dark bowls along the bottom. The surface has a kind of insistent rhythm, almost like a textile. I like the way the controlled and intricate pattern-making creates a space for free-form shapes. Notice the dark sun shape. The way it hovers, dense and undefined, is kind of spooky and dreamlike. This piece has echoes of outsider art, maybe Adolf Wolfli, or even contemporary artists like Joanne Greenbaum, who explore similar ideas through repetitive mark-making. It’s a reminder that art is always in conversation with itself, that new work builds upon and transforms what came before.