Hängende Pflanzen Exp2 2017

Alfio Giuffrida made ‘Hängende Pflanzen Exp2’ with paint, and it's this world of hanging plants but they’re not quite plants, are they? The red lines create a kind of structure, a grid that feels almost like a blueprint or a building under construction. Each shape has its own flat color, and the whole thing feels very considered, very built. There’s a playful flatness here, where nothing overlaps in a conventional way, but each element asserts its place in the composition. Take that green oval up top, with the white lines inside. It’s so simple, yet it has this quiet confidence. It reminds me of early modernist still life, or maybe even folk art, where the aim isn't to trick the eye, but to offer a clear, almost diagrammatic representation. It makes me think of someone like Stuart Davis, who also loved to distill everyday objects into bold, graphic forms. Art isn't just about copying reality, it’s about having a conversation with it, interpreting it, and then throwing it back at the world.