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Curator: Here we have an Untitled mixed-media work by Roberto Matta. Editor: It's like stumbling into a dream, or maybe a slightly unsettling cartoon playing out in some forgotten corner of the cosmos. Curator: Matta, a key figure in Surrealism and later Abstract Expressionism, often explored themes of cosmic landscapes and the subconscious. There’s a biomorphic quality to these forms. Editor: They seem so fluid, suspended. I’m seeing strange figures intertwined with architectural elements. Almost like spirits navigating a bizarre cityscape... is this a premonition? Or a memory bubbling up from some collective, artistic soul? Curator: Perhaps both. The ambiguity is deliberate. The lack of explicit forms invites us to project our own interpretations onto the canvas. Matta's intention was to externalize his inner world, almost like automatism... look how the colour fields push and pull, guiding our focus. Editor: Yes, that ochre spear demands our attention! And that bright spot down there almost acts like a drain or rupture on this strange alternate reality that Matta built. But what’s most gripping to me are the thin red figures… like skeletal thoughts trying to escape. Curator: Matta always worked to depict the invisible world of emotions, anxieties, hopes... That the canvas can reveal something even he, the artist, couldn't put into words. Editor: Art as pure emotion… not pretty or soothing necessarily, but deeply truthful. That’s quite something. Thanks for shedding a light. Curator: Thank you! Seeing with new eyes.