Danse Macabre 1947

Endre Rozsda made "Danse Macabre," a 95 by 65 cm painting, with what looks like oil or acrylic, and a whole lot of imagination. The painting feels like a process, a build-up of layers. Rozsda lays down these marks, scrapes them back, and then adds more, creating a world that's both chaotic and strangely ordered. It’s like he's building a world, bit by bit, from the ground up. Look at the texture, the way the paint is built up in some areas and scraped back in others, it creates a real sense of depth and movement. The darks and blacks give it a spooky vibe. It reminds me of some of the surrealists, maybe someone like Max Ernst, who was also interested in creating these dreamlike, hallucinatory spaces. But Rozsda has his own unique voice, his own way of seeing the world.