Untitled 1990

This painting by Piero Dorazio is made of confident bands of colour that jostle against each other, creating a bright and playful composition. I imagine Dorazio stepping up to the canvas, brush loaded, ready to lay down another stripe. There's something so rhythmic about the way these lines curve and intersect, like a visual melody. The paint isn't too thick, not too thin, but just right for letting the colours sing. I'm drawn to the way the colours overlap, creating moments of transparency. It’s like he's inviting us to see the world in layers, where things aren't always what they seem. Dorazio was part of a generation of artists exploring abstraction as a way to express new ways of seeing the world. Dorazio’s conversation with colour and form reminds me of other artists who embraced geometry and abstraction. It's a reminder that artists are always building upon each other's ideas, remixing and reinventing the language of art. And it's through this continuous dialogue that painting stays alive, offering us new ways to see and experience the world around us.