Untitled 1955

This untitled painting is by Lolo Soldevilla, though we don’t have a date for it, we can see a real playful and process-oriented approach. The shapes and colours create a kind of visual puzzle, like geometric forms in motion, colliding or maybe just dancing. The pink triangle almost floats in the top right, pointing towards a small black circle with an orange centre at the bottom. The paint application is direct, not fussy; Soldevilla isn’t trying to hide her process, but she wants you to see all the brushstrokes. Look at how the blacks are thick and opaque, contrasting with the thin washes of grey used for the bars at the bottom. It makes me think of Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s playful compositions, especially in how Soldevilla uses simple forms to create a dynamic composition. There’s an openness here, a willingness to let the shapes and colours speak for themselves, suggesting that in art, questions are often more interesting than answers.