Hotel Palace 1989

Boris Bućan made "Hotel Palace" using expressive marks in black and white against a muted rose ground, and it feels like the act of painting itself is on display. I can imagine Bućan starting with a ground of pink, then coming in with these bold, dark strokes, maybe using a big brush or even a rag. The textures suggest a layering of intentions, a push and pull between control and accident. It’s a kind of dance, isn’t it? A dance with the materials, the surface, the space. Look at how those marks around the white rectangles create these haunting, shadowy forms. Are they windows, or are they eyes? I wonder if Bućan was thinking about the way we look at art, the way we try to find meaning in the marks left behind. Painting has always been about this, about finding new ways to see.