The Peons of the Glass King 1968

Constantin Flondor’s *The Peons of the Glass King* is a painting where process feels central. The repeated marks create a kind of optical vibration. The colors are muted, almost monochromatic, which makes the texture and surface all the more important. Looking closely, I wonder what tools he might have used. Are those individual brushstrokes, or has he used some kind of squeegee or scraper to drag the paint across the surface? It’s a process of layering and removal, building up and scraping away. See the way the marks seem to blur and fade? It reminds me of Gerhard Richter’s blurred paintings, where the image seems to be slipping away from us. Both artists embrace ambiguity, suggesting that meaning is never fixed but always in flux. In the end, it’s not about what the painting represents, but what it does to our eyes, our minds, and our feelings.