Sans titre 1959

Gaston Chaissac made this untitled painting at an unknown date and with unknown materials - I love not knowing. Look at how this painting has come into being, shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. I can imagine Chaissac standing here looking at this canvas, trying to figure out what to do, adding shapes and figures, and maybe scraping some off. It is like he is thinking about what painting is, what a person is, what colour is. The paint looks thin, so I imagine him adding thin layers and building up the surface. I particularly like the figure to the right; he is like, hey what are you doing? Chaissac's approach reminds me of Dubuffet, they both share a similar spirit. I am also interested in the ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time as artists inspire one another’s creativity. For me, painting embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations.