La Cage éclairer le gris 2022

Sandra Chevrier made ‘La Cage éclairer le gris’ without giving us the date. It’s this incredible mixed media piece, a real mash-up of painting and collage that just vibrates with energy. The surface is so alive, right? You’ve got these almost hyper-realistic eyes staring out at you, but they're fractured, layered over with these drips and explosions of color. I love how the comic book fragments peek through, adding this whole other layer of narrative. Look at the way the paint seems to melt and run. It's almost like the image is in a constant state of becoming, or maybe unbecoming. It reminds me a little of David Salle’s work, the way he layers images and ideas to create these dense, ambiguous compositions. Art isn't about answers, it's about opening up questions, right? Chevrier does that so beautifully here.