Untitled 1948

This untitled painting is by Perle Fine, and it looks like she made it with oil paint. I'm imagining her in the studio, pushing around forms and colors with a brush. The canvas is mostly red, with some shapes floating around and connected by a web of crisscrossing lines. Like she's building up a world! I wonder what she was thinking about when she made it. Is this painting a code for something else? Perhaps her love for the city, the geometry of buildings, and the energy of people rushing around. I feel like I'm looking into her own personal world that is still abstract but full of feeling. The thin, wiry lines create a sense of movement. I think of Klee and Kandinsky and other artists who use abstraction to create feeling. It’s a reminder that artists are always looking and learning from each other across time. Painting is a space where everything is up for grabs, so you can create a new world of your own.