Black Spring 2018

I can imagine Camilla d’Errico making Black Spring with some intriguing materials. They’re dark, almost indigo blocks stacked on top of each other, but with this radiant green light seeping out from in between. I wonder what it was like to create this? I can imagine d'Errico, maybe in a darkened room, experimenting with ways to bring luminosity to these solid forms. There’s something here that relates to other artists who think about light – like James Turrell, say, but with a more gothic sensibility. The way that band of green cuts through the darkness— it's a gesture that communicates, for me, not just form, but feeling. And the title—Black Spring— it suggests paradox, a moment of renewal emerging from the shadows. The painting reminds us that art’s real power lies in its capacity to pose questions rather than provide answers.