Untitled; verso: blank page 1964

Curator: This is an untitled work on paper by Paul Feeley. It features five iterations of a cruciform design in varying shades of blue. Editor: My first impression is that it feels playful, almost like a doodle, despite its structured composition. Curator: The repetition of this singular motif establishes a visual rhythm, and the subtle variations in color and placement animate the surface. Editor: I wonder about the paper itself, perhaps a page from a sketchbook, and how the artist’s hand moved across the surface to produce these marks. Was it a quick study? A practice? Curator: Indeed, and if we consider the cruciform’s symbolic weight, the arrangement takes on a new significance, a dialogue between order and spontaneity. Editor: Thinking about its creation, how the artist would have mixed the pigments and applied them—the materiality of it all adds to its contemplative nature. Curator: It is a deceptively simple piece, yet it reveals a complex interplay between form and meaning. Editor: Absolutely. It makes me think about the beauty found in process, and the quiet labor involved in producing these understated works.