Verdeargento 1969

Carla Accardi made Verdeargento with paint on plastic, a material that gives the painting a ghostly, almost see-through quality. Imagine Accardi, alone in her studio, circling and swirling shades of green and silver, her hand moving like a dancer across this unusual surface. It’s like she’s creating a secret language, a visual code of looping lines. Are they contained by the wooden frame, or do they spill beyond it? I wonder what she was thinking about, what she was listening to. Accardi's choice of plastic feels radical, almost punk. It refuses the tradition of canvas, allowing light to filter through the layers of paint. It’s almost as if she’s painting on air. The gesture is everything. Each loop, each swirl tells a story of energy and movement, inviting us to lose ourselves in its playful rhythms. Accardi’s work reminds me that painting isn’t about answers. It is about the joy of exploration, the freedom of expression, and the ongoing conversation artists have with the world and each other.