Dream 1998

Chris Ofili made "Dream" with a mix of techniques, it seems, and I love how it all comes together as a process. The texture is mesmerizing, like a landscape of tiny dots and lines. It's so detailed, but then you step back, and it all blurs into this soft, dreamy portrait. It’s almost like the face is emerging from a cosmos of tiny marks. And that neon green line zipping around? It's like a jolt of electricity, connecting everything, making me think of Blinky Palermo. You know, there’s something about the way Ofili uses these patterns that reminds me that art is always in conversation. I am drawn to artists who play with process and meaning, and Ofili's work sits in that perfect spot of ambiguity, where meaning shifts with every glance.