Compostion X 1962

Matta made this print, Composition X, and it’s like looking into the guts of a machine, or maybe the inside of your head. He wasn't too concerned with making a perfect picture; it’s all about the process of image making. The texture feels rough, like you could run your hand over it and feel every scratch and scribble. The colors are muted, except for those intense pink orbs floating around. I love how he lets the lines just go wild, crisscrossing and overlapping like a chaotic spiderweb. Check out the network of lines and shapes on the left side; it gives the impression of a structure constantly being assembled and dismantled simultaneously. Matta reminds me a bit of Gorky. Both had this way of making art that feels like a conversation with the subconscious. There’s no right or wrong way to see it – just different ways of experiencing the world.