Blancs 1973

In Simon Hantai's "Blancs," we're presented with a field of colored shapes dancing across a white ground. You can almost feel him composing this world, shifting the shapes, trying different colors, letting intuition lead. I imagine Hantai standing before this canvas, maybe a bit unsure, then suddenly deciding to let go, to trust the process. There's something about the way the colors peek through the white that feels so delicate. Each gesture is deliberate, yet playful. Look at how the red bleeds into the white around it, creating a feeling of warmth. This reminds me of Matisse's cut-outs, where color and form also merge in a dance of their own. It's like Hantai is saying, "Here's a conversation between color and space, what do you think?" It's a reminder that painting is really an embodied expression. And that artists are in a perpetual dialogue, inspiring each other across time and space.