Leccare 2007

Enzo Cucchi made this little painting, Leccare, and just look at how he's thrown down these marks, like urgent thoughts, all in blues. I can almost feel the artist in the act, pushing and pulling the paint across the surface, figuring it out as he goes. What was he thinking? Maybe something about the weight of a subject, but making it light. The paint is thick, physical, and juicy. See how one loaded stroke of cerulean defines the bull’s back? The painting feels like a fleeting vision, a moment captured, like one of Cy Twombly's quick and dirty paintings. And there's something ancient here, too, like cave paintings—raw, immediate, and emotionally charged. This piece speaks to the ongoing conversation painters have across time, inspiring and challenging each other to see and feel the world anew. It shows us that painting is not about answers; it’s about the questions we ask along the way.