Cosmopolite 2010

Editor: We're looking at Carlos Sablón's "Cosmopolite," an acrylic on canvas created in 2010. The scale is disorienting - is that a mushroom as big as a landscape? It feels like a dream. What do you make of it? Curator: Dreams... yes, exactly! For me, this painting hums with a whimsical melancholy. Look at how Sablón places that miniature cityscape atop the mushroom – it's as if civilization is perched precariously on something so fleeting, so easily… consumed. Does that resonate with you at all? Editor: I see what you mean. There's this idyllic scene below, but also that sense of fragility. The crooked, leafless tree almost looks like a warning. Curator: Precisely! And the colours—that sepia-toned sky—it evokes a certain nostalgia, a longing. But for what? Is it a lost world, a future one? Perhaps, the question isn’t what we see, but what we *feel* looking at this quirky piece. Editor: I like that idea - focusing on the feeling. It definitely shifts my perspective. Before, I was stuck on trying to 'figure it out,' but now I’m more comfortable just experiencing it. Curator: Art isn't a puzzle to be solved. It’s more like a melody; sometimes the notes resonate without us quite knowing why. Do you think seeing this, experiencing the world a bit…sideways, will influence your own artistic pursuits? Editor: Definitely. It encourages me to be less literal, more open to symbolism. To let my subconscious play a bigger role. Thank you! Curator: My pleasure! May our creative subconscious whisper beautifully in our ears from this day forth!