Laberint clos 2010

Carles Delclaux Is made this large painting, Laberint clos, with blocky shapes of mustard yellow, off-white and grey bisected by black lines and a vivid red frame. It’s giving me a kind of deconstructed Mondrian vibe! I can imagine Delclaux Is in the studio, carefully considering each square, how the colors vibrate against each other. You know, sometimes a painting feels like a puzzle you're trying to solve, and other times it feels like you're just letting the materials do their thing. The brushstrokes, especially those crisp black lines, really hold the whole thing together. It makes me think about the history of geometric abstraction, how artists have been playing with shapes and colors for over a century, trying to find new ways of seeing the world. The conversation between artists never ends, and each new voice builds on what came before.