Concert 1928

Louis Marcoussis made "Concert" with what looks like oil paint, working with quiet greens, tans, and creams against reds and blacks. It feels like he's really thinking through the structure of the painting as he goes. I like how the figures emerge from these geometric forms, the long, elegant profile of the head. There is a real conversation happening between the organic and the geometric in the painting. I can imagine him, brush in hand, trying to find the right balance, maybe influenced by what Picasso was doing. I admire how Marcoussis has taken these influences and made something of his own, the way he has composed a formal and playful painting. It suggests that all artists are in an ongoing dialogue across time, sparking each other's creativity. It's like a concert, with different voices coming together in harmony, or maybe dissonance, to create something new.