Untitled 

Curator: Oh, this one’s got my brain doing somersaults! It feels… like jazz on canvas. Sort of scattered but rhythmic, you know? Editor: We’re looking at an Untitled mixed-media collage by André Lanskoy. It embodies the spirit of modern abstraction, and its lack of a specific date encourages interpretations unbounded by temporal context. The use of collage also speaks to a fragmentation… a breaking down of traditional forms. Curator: Fragmentation is the perfect word. All these shapes…they’re like puzzle pieces from different puzzles all mashed together. But the palette is also very playful – the pinks, the blues, offset by this really striking, dominant black figure right in the center. It wants to be serious but can't help winking a bit, if you ask me. Editor: And the materials contribute to that tension, right? Collage introduces texture, materiality, an almost tactile quality that contrasts with the flatness usually associated with painting. It reflects broader socio-political anxieties around authenticity and representation. What is real? What is constructed? These are the questions implicitly posed by the medium. Curator: Constructed, yes. It's funny, because when I look at this I think less about art history and more about… life? You pick up bits and pieces of experiences and somehow assemble a narrative out of it all. None of it fits perfectly, and some elements just stubbornly refuse to integrate but, hey, there you have it, a portrait in a hundred shards. Editor: I think that’s an apt reading. There is something inherently incomplete about it – but this incompleteness challenges the authority of singular, fixed perspectives. Instead, it fosters a multiplicity of viewpoints and reminds us that identity itself is fluid. Even those pale water colours hint at fragility. Curator: Yes! Like fading memories. Though the confident brush strokes scattered here and there would deny weakness or submission. More like claiming autonomy in deconstruction… Okay, maybe my brain is doing a little gymnastics again. Editor: Its strength might be rooted in the lack of resolution – by inviting multiple perspectives this work of art avoids closing itself off or solidifying into ideological rigidity. And that, perhaps, is what resonates most powerfully for our times. Curator: I can see that… The best art demands dialogue. And even though Lanskoy is quiet on specific meaning here, he still gives us plenty to argue about with each other – and within ourselves, for that matter. It's unsettling in the best way, the colors pulling me to dream beyond myself and reality at large!