15.Febr.62 1962

Julius Bissier made this watercolor simply titled, 15.Febr.62. It's all about process. Watercolor feels so natural in the sense that you can allow the colors to bleed and smudge. He's not laboring over it, yet he's leaving all these amazing little accidents. The colors are muted and earthy. There's a sense of translucence, a beautiful layering that creates depth, like peering through layers of colored glass. Look at the way the colors stain the paper, leaving soft edges, this halo of pigment that bleeds out into the white background. It's like each form is breathing, expanding into the space around it. Bissier reminds me a bit of Agnes Martin. Both artists embraced a kind of minimalism, a quiet contemplation, but with Bissier there's a looseness, a willingness to let the materials speak. Ultimately, art is like this ongoing conversation. There are no right or wrong answers, just different ways of seeing and experiencing the world.