Dibirdibi Country 2012

Sally Gabori’s ‘Dibirdibi Country’ is a painting made with bold strokes and a monochrome palette that captures a personal geography. The painting is striking for its directness; white paint pulled and pushed across a dark background. This interplay of dark and light is really energizing. It’s like a dance, each color defining the other. Look closely, and you’ll see how Gabori used different brushes, or maybe even just the edge of a palette knife, to create these textures. The white areas aren’t just solid blocks; they’re made up of individual marks that give them a kind of shimmering quality. The texture is really where it’s at, isn’t it? The overall effect is like looking at a landscape through a rain-streaked window. It reminds me a little of Franz Kline, but with something else, something deeply rooted in place and memory. It’s a reminder that art is always a conversation, a way of seeing and feeling that gets passed down and transformed over time.