Composizione I 

Editor: Here we have Filippo De Pisis’s “Composizione I,” a mixed media piece that feels like a peek into a fever dream. The vibrant colors clash with geometric shapes and this somewhat menacing red fish. I’m a bit lost trying to find a central theme. What catches your eye, and how do you even begin to interpret something like this? Curator: Ah, a fever dream – I love that! It's precisely this feeling of disjointedness that draws me in. Think of it as visual poetry. De Pisis is known for his still lifes, his embrace of light and airy atmospheres… here it feels disrupted, agitated. The playful arrangement and use of simple forms –the sharp angles, stripes– echoes a whimsical take on Cubist fragmentation meeting Art Deco flair. I see these fractured objects creating a narrative we aren’t quite privy to. Look closer – are there personal symbols present? Fragments of a remembered reality reassembled? Editor: So it's not necessarily about deciphering a literal meaning, but more about feeling the emotional undercurrent through those abstract forms? The personal symbolism is an interesting layer. That red fish now strikes me less menacing and more like a strange familiar…almost a memory struggling to surface. Curator: Exactly! Perhaps De Pisis used abstraction to explore a specific feeling of inner life through symbolic language. Are you seeing things a little differently now? Do these jarring shapes appear now more fluid and meaningful? Editor: Definitely. Before, I felt like I was looking at a puzzle with missing pieces. Now, I see it as a collage of thoughts and emotions –an intimate glimpse into the artist's interior world. I think I'm beginning to get a grasp on interpreting abstract work. Curator: Precisely! The beauty often resides not in finding fixed answers, but in allowing our own imaginations to dance with the artwork, transforming from puzzles to introspective mirages, or poetic expressions.