Composition 

Editor: So, we’re looking at “Composition” by Samuel Buri, a striking abstract painting made with acrylic and gouache. The colors are so vibrant and almost playful, yet the overall effect feels…unsettled to me. What do you see in this piece? Curator: I see a world built from fragmented symbols, gestures from our shared visual lexicon. Notice how the interplay of color isn’t just aesthetic but loaded? The golden yellow form at the top, struggling against gravity as if yearning for elevation – consider the aspiration it evokes. Editor: I can see that… almost like an interrupted sunrise or something being pulled upward. Curator: Exactly. And the anchor is the use of dark violet and the way it seems to weigh down the painting at the bottom. Think about how we've coded violets historically: mourning, royalty, something both sacred and sorrowful. Do you think Buri is using these colors arbitrarily? Editor: No, I guess not. I hadn’t considered the historical baggage that different colours carry. Curator: Colors speak a language, and Buri seems fluent. The bold orange lines add a constructive element, and disrupt the organic forms underneath. Is he showing us a struggle between order and chaos, between growth and decay? It reminds me of the kind of existential questions common to modernist painting, and how abstraction helps to reach new insights about our condition. Editor: Wow, that's a lot to think about! It changes my whole view of it – seeing it not just as an abstract composition, but a narrative driven by symbols and colours. Curator: Indeed. The piece really comes to life when you begin to explore those hidden depths, isn’t it great? Editor: Absolutely. I will certainly look differently at abstract paintings moving forward.