Le Corne d'Or, Le Pont 1907

Paul Signac made "Le Corne d'Or, Le Pont" with oil on canvas, and it's all about these little dots of color. It's like he's saying, "Hey, let's see what happens when we break everything down into its tiniest parts." The way he uses color is so physical. You can almost feel the texture of each stroke, each tiny square pressing up against its neighbor. And that blue? It's not just blue, it's a million blues, fighting and playing together to create this shimmering effect. Look at the way the dots reflect off the boat. Signac reminds me a bit of someone like Chuck Close, who also used a grid to construct an image. But where Close is all about representation, Signac is more interested in the process itself. It's not just about what you see, but how you see it. It's art as an ongoing experiment, an endless conversation.