Untitled 1960

This painting is Untitled, by Charlotte Posenenske, and we don’t have a date for it, but it’s all about the push and pull of marks against the stark, neutral ground. The simple palette feels so direct. The blues and greys, applied in these decisive strokes, they aren’t trying to hide anything. You can see the edges of the brushstrokes, the way the paint’s been dragged across the surface. There’s this beautiful clarity in how the painting is constructed, almost like a blueprint or a diagram. Look at the cluster of blue and black marks on the right. See how they almost lock together, like pieces of a puzzle? Each mark feels like a decision, a step in a process that’s both controlled and intuitive. Posenenske abandoned artmaking to focus on sociological studies, a decision that chimes with the radical spirit of artists like Blinky Palermo, who also explored the boundaries between painting and the everyday world. In the end, it’s about art as an ongoing conversation, a space for open-ended inquiry rather than fixed answers.