La machine à privilèges 1964

Victor Brauner made "La machine à privilèges" with what looks like oil paint on canvas. It's full of flat shapes and strange figures. You know, painting is like building a world from scratch, one brushstroke at a time. I bet Brauner was thinking about how we create our own realities when he made this. I can see him layering the paint, trying different shapes, and letting the colors speak to each other. The surface has a dry and chalky quality, almost like a fresco, which gives it a timeless feel. That long nose is so funny and weird. What does it mean? I'm not sure, but maybe it has something to do with how we perceive each other or maybe it is a social comment on the French bourgeoisie - very Surrealist! Brauner, like so many artists, was in conversation with other painters like Picasso. It is through them that we find our voice. It's all one big, messy, beautiful conversation. And these conversations are never over.