Ball Agenda II 2008

Romul Nutiu made this abstract painting, Ball Agenda II, with wild abandon, throwing shapes and colours together like a party in full swing. See how Nutiu layers paint, thick in some spots, thin in others, creating a surface that's alive with energy. The colours pop and collide – reds, yellows, blacks – dancing across the canvas like notes in a jazz solo. Look at the lower centre, where a messy knot of grey meets a stroke of crimson. It’s like a secret meeting point, where the painting decides to change direction, daring you to follow. Nutiu's got some Cy Twombly in him, for sure – that same love for the messy, the scribbled, the unfinished. Art's not about answers, right? It’s about the questions we ask, the spaces we leave open.