Les alliances de juillet 1960

Jean Degottex made *Les alliances de juillet* with big gestures and stark monochrome. I can imagine him there, wielding his brush, maybe a Japanese calligraphy brush, and just letting it rip! He would have had to surrender control to get those spontaneous drips, right? It’s like he’s channeling something... there’s this beautiful tension between intention and accident. And look at that dominant stroke; it’s so forceful, yet it dissolves into these delicate rivulets. It's as though Degottex sought to reconcile the raw energy of Abstract Expressionism with the refined elegance of Eastern calligraphy. Think Franz Kline meets a Zen master. The conversation between painters is ongoing, constantly inspiring new forms of seeing and being in the world. Painting offers a way of thinking that embraces ambiguity, uncertainty, and endless possibility.