Pesca Submarina 1980

'Pesca Submarina' is a painting by Jose de Guimaraes, and right away, you notice this isn't your typical seascape. Guimaraes isn't going for realism; he's diving deep into something more playful, maybe even a bit surreal. Look at the way he uses color: bold, flat, and almost cartoonish. It's like he's simplifying the world down to its most basic shapes and hues. The forms create an underwater scene, where angular fish and a diver intersect. It's a little disorienting, but in a good way. That spear in the fish. It's so direct and graphic, yet the whole scene has this dreamlike quality. Guimaraes reminds me of artists like Leger, or maybe even Miro, who weren't afraid to break the rules and make art that's both visually striking and conceptually intriguing. It's this tension between clarity and ambiguity that makes the painting so compelling. Art isn't about answers, it's about the questions it provokes, right?