L'isola del tesoro 1977

Antonio Corpora made this painting, “L’isola del tesoro”, using oil on canvas. The surface is awash with shades of blues, yellows, oranges, greens, and purples. It feels like the painting came into being slowly, intuitively, like a slow unfurling. I feel a deep kinship with Corpora’s exploration, imagining the studio, the smell of oil paint, and the quiet focus needed to make a painting like this. There’s so much here, in the layering of colors and the dance of gesture. It’s like the yellow here is a burst of joy, tempered by the calm, quiet blue. The paint isn’t overworked, it's thick in places and thin in others. Think about the way the drippy brushstrokes convey feeling, meaning! Artists are in an ongoing conversation across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. I see this painting as an embodied expression, inviting multiple interpretations, embracing ambiguity, and foregoing a fixed reading.