Evening 1961

Vilen Barsky's ‘Evening’ is a rich oil painting, a deep dive into color and texture. Can you imagine the artist at work, the canvas alive with vibrant marks? I see these juicy reds and oranges wrestling with the purples and blacks; the paint is thick, almost sculpted, with a real sense of physicality. Notice that strong vertical orange line, how it cuts through the painting, creating this tension? It reminds me of a conversation between shapes, a visual argument, maybe. It makes you wonder what Barsky was thinking, what he was feeling as he laid down each stroke. It feels like he's pushing and pulling at the boundaries of abstraction, you know? Like he is in conversation with the giants of the past. The beauty of painting is that it’s all there on the surface, an unfolding of thought and feeling. It’s an invitation to see, to think, and to feel along with the artist.