Symbole Du Jour 1984

Abdul Mati Klarwein made "Symbole Du Jour", but when exactly, who knows? It’s a wild garden of earthly delights, painted with a precision that feels almost hallucinatory. Look at how he handles the grass – each blade seems individually rendered, a testament to patience and a deep engagement with the act of seeing. Then, BAM! This black apparition looms up at the lower part of the painting. The silhouette is like a total interruption, right? It feels like a dark, symbolic form forcing itself into a landscape. What IS that thing anyway? Klarwein's work often feels like a conversation with itself, pulling from Surrealism, psychedelia, and a kind of spiritual quest. It makes me think of Hilma af Klint, who was also chasing cosmic visions with a very personal language. Ultimately, “Symbole Du Jour” is a reminder that art doesn’t need to spell things out; it’s a space for feeling, questioning, and getting wonderfully lost.