Me and Me 1994

Editor: Right now, we’re looking at "Me and Me", crafted in 1994 by Milton Resnick. It's an acrylic painting, and wow, it has this dreamlike quality, almost unsettling, the forms blurring in a sort of… internal landscape. What do you see in this piece? Curator: A gorgeous battle! A wrestling match on canvas, a kind of vibrant decay… look how the figures, if figures they are, dissolve and re-emerge. I sense a conversation between intention and accident. What is form? What are you? What is memory? Resnick seemed to ask those questions constantly! Do you sense that frantic energy too? Editor: Absolutely. I almost feel like I am intruding on something very private. Is that something typical of Abstract Expressionism, or more personal to Resnick's approach? Curator: It is the quintessential goal, in my opinion: a peek into the deepest chambers of someone’s heart. What could be more personal, right? But also, the beauty lies in Resnick not fully revealing. We fill in the blanks ourselves. Isn’t that intimacy, too? I'd call him a confessional painter... and don’t you feel closer for the glimpse, fleeting though it may be? Editor: I do! I went from being unsettled to feeling connected by it. That's such a powerful transformation! Curator: Yes! The artist almost whispers, “Look closer. See yourself.” That echo... it is profound!