Par Terre 1975

Curator: Richard Smith's "Par Terre," a suspended canvas piece, feels like an unfinished thought, a kite without wind. Editor: I see it more as a deconstruction of painting, challenging traditional notions of support and surface by literally hanging it in space. Curator: Perhaps. The drab palette, the stark geometry...it's strangely unsettling. Like order trying to escape chaos. Editor: It's not just unsettling, it's subversive. Smith is playing with the masculine rhetoric of abstract expressionism, undermining it with a quiet, almost feminine, fragility. Curator: Ah, yes, the tension. He's almost mocking gravity, the illusion of depth. Very tongue-in-cheek, don't you think? Editor: Definitely. Smith's disruption is a reminder that art isn't just about aesthetics; it's about power, representation, and the stories we tell ourselves about the world.