Salissures 1959

This is "Salissures" by Jean Dubuffet. It's a print, so let's imagine Dubuffet working on a metal plate, maybe with acid, scraping and biting into the surface. The marks are dark and dense, almost like a storm of energy caught on paper. You can see how the surface is built up through layers, with scratches and textures that create a real sense of depth. I can imagine him thinking about surfaces, about the gritty reality of the world, and how to capture that in his work. There's a kind of rawness here, an immediacy that feels very honest. It’s like he's digging into something primal, something that exists beyond the polished surfaces of everyday life. For me, this piece connects to the broader history of mark-making. Think of Cy Twombly's scribbles or Antoni Tàpies’ earthy textures - there's a shared interest in pushing beyond conventional ideas about beauty. Dubuffet is in conversation with them and so many others. Painting is about exchange, and it keeps evolving over time. Each artist offers a new way to see and experience the world, and leaves space for all kinds of interpretations.