Glasses, Newspaper and Bottle of Wine 

Juan Gris created this painting of "Glasses, Newspaper and Bottle of Wine" using oil on canvas. Notice how the composition is structured around a series of overlapping geometric shapes, predominantly rectangles and partial circles. The muted color palette, dominated by browns, grays, and blacks, gives the painting a subdued, almost melancholic atmosphere. Gris, a key figure in Cubism, dissects familiar objects, presenting them from multiple viewpoints simultaneously. This fracturing of form challenges traditional perspective, reflecting a broader intellectual shift towards questioning fixed viewpoints and absolute truths. The newspaper clipping and wine bottle aren’t just items, they are signs, fragments of reality reassembled on the canvas to create a new kind of visual language. The flatness of the picture plane is reinforced by the overlapping shapes and the absence of deep shadows, emphasizing the artwork’s constructed nature. This prompts us to consider how art can destabilize our conventional understanding of representation.