Untitled 1960

This untitled piece by Vilen Barsky consists of gestural marks in black and yellow. Imagine him at work, brush in hand, letting the image emerge through trial, error, and intuition. I sympathize with the artist, imagining what it might have been like to create this striking composition. Was he thinking of Franz Kline? What was the relationship between the negative space and the forms? The contrast between the bold black strokes and the luminous yellow creates a dynamic tension. The sweeping gestures seem to dance across the surface, inviting us to trace their paths with our eyes. I wonder how this piece fits into Barsky's wider practice and body of work, as well as the work of other painters. Artists are always in conversation, inspiring one another's creativity across time. Painting is, for me, a form of embodied expression which embraces ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations and meanings rather than fixed readings.