Untitled 1961

Giorgio Cavallon made this untitled painting with luscious oranges, reds, blues, and yellows that just warm me up, you know? I imagine Giorgio standing in front of a canvas, feeling his way through each layer, shifting and nudging forms into being. He builds it up with these confident blocks of color, letting some areas breathe with the canvas showing through. There's this one stroke of vibrant red that just zings with energy. It makes me think about all the choices he made, the back-and-forth between intention and accident. The push and pull of painting itself. It puts me in mind of other painters like Milton Avery, who were finding new ways to capture light and space through color. Painting is a conversation, isn't it? Each artist builds on what came before, adding their own voice to the mix. It’s an act of embodied expression where ambiguity and uncertainty open up a world of multiple readings.