Bird's-eye view 

Editor: Here we have “Bird’s-eye view” by Pierre Alechinsky, rendered with acrylic paint. It's such a flurry of colours! Mostly warm oranges, whites, reds, all merging and diverging. It feels so… turbulent, almost feverish. What strikes you most about it? Curator: Feverish is spot on, I think! For me, it feels like looking through a kaleidoscope, fragmented and vibrant. There’s a looseness here, an improvisational quality reminiscent of automatic writing, you know? Like letting the hand wander across the canvas, unrestrained. Do you pick up on any hints of recognisable shapes or forms struggling to emerge? Editor: Now that you mention it, yes, there are glimpses. Are those almost-faces? It’s like my brain is trying to find patterns where maybe none were intended. Curator: Exactly! It’s the push-and-pull between abstraction and figuration that makes it so compelling, right? He offers just enough to let our imaginations run wild, creating a landscape, or perhaps an emotional state rather than a physical place. It asks you to enter the painter’s mindset as he approached the canvas. Does it invite you in, do you feel? Editor: It definitely does. At first it felt overwhelming, but now, seeing those emergent forms, I feel like I want to reach into it and understand the world on Alechinsky’s plane. Curator: Isn't it incredible how a seemingly chaotic canvas can reveal such intricate layers and a profound connection with its viewers? It certainly leaves a lingering aftertaste of creative chaos, which is definitely his genius. Editor: It definitely changed my initial impression. It made me look and look again!