Mentor- La Grand Parade 1970

This lithographic poster, Mentor- La Grand Parade, probably printed in 1970 by Galerie Drouant in Paris, pulses with a kind of organized chaos, a layered density of crayon marks. The artist has built up the figures through many lines. Look at the way the green background meets the yellow in the lower portion. The green and yellow aren't blended so much as woven together. This feels like looking closely at the weave of a textile, with each thread a different hue. The figures feel like they are both emerging from and receding back into this tapestry of marks. The parade, the title suggests, feels like a dream. A parade of colours and textures and a feeling that the world is an exciting place of exchange. This exchange and constant conversation across art history reminds me of the work of Red Grooms, who similarly finds beauty and playfulness in the everyday.