Bull III 1953

Curator: This is Le Corbusier's "Bull III," part of the collection at Tate. It's a sizable canvas, over a meter and a half tall. What strikes you first? Editor: The playful use of color. Primary hues dominate, but there's a tension between the organic shapes and hard lines. It feels both inviting and unsettling. Curator: Corbusier often blurred the lines between architecture and art. The composition, with its bold forms, feels almost like a blueprint. How do you see that tension? Editor: The bull motif, traditionally a symbol of power, is deconstructed here. Its identity feels fragmented, mirroring perhaps the social upheaval of the time. Curator: The artist's labor is really apparent in the brushstrokes and the layering of colors. The materiality almost reveals the process of creation. Editor: The work exists in a space of political tension; the bull is a contested symbol, open to many interpretations. Curator: It is a bold statement, even now. Editor: Absolutely. I'm left thinking about power structures and how they're built, quite literally.