Quadriblanc 1956

Guido Molinari made this painting, Quadriblanc, with black and white paint. I’m imagining Molinari standing in front of this canvas, maybe years after the heyday of the New York School, but still feeling the reverberations of that black and white angst, that Barnett Newman zip! He’s making a calculated move, carefully placing each form. It's like a dance, or a game of chess. You know, when you look at this painting, you feel the weight of the black, its density against the cool void of the white. It’s a stark, almost brutal contrast but in its simplification, the painting finds a strange kind of harmony. It’s like he’s trying to distill painting down to its most basic elements, the essence of form and color. Artists like Molinari and others, are constantly in dialogue with each other, building upon ideas, responding to what has come before. And through this, they offer us new ways of seeing and experiencing the world around us. Isn't that cool?