Le Pot de terre-Pot de fer 2020

Carlos Sablòn made "Le Pot de terre-Pot de fer" without a specified date with a world of imagination. It’s clear Sablòn is interested in the material of the paint and how it captures light. I'm curious about what he’s trying to do, about the possibility of making something that feels dreamlike, where mountains and sky are all blended into one. The pot of the title spills with water, which feels like a very gentle and tender gesture. I bet he was in a playful mood when he made this painting. It makes me think about the ways that artists pass on gestures, themes, and ways of working to each other. I feel like Sablòn is in conversation with the traditions of landscape painting. Maybe a tree can teach us how to feel the sky, too, and vice versa. Paintings can be anything we want them to be!