Fruites d´estiu 2004

Albert Rafols-Casamada made "Fruites d'estiu" with paint and probably a few sticks, brushes, or maybe rags, who knows? The magic is in the making. Look at how Rafols-Casamada lets the red bleed into the orange, building up this sensation of heat, like that moment when the summer sun bakes the earth and all the colors intensify. And then there are these playful blue lines dancing across the surface. They’re not trying to be perfect; they’re just there, like a doodle in a notebook, marking out a bowl or maybe a horizon line. See those three circles, like ghostly echoes of fruit? They hover, almost translucent, against the warm ground. It's not about representation, it's about feeling. Rafols-Casamada reminds me a bit of Joan Miró, with his playful approach to abstraction, but he has his own distinct voice. He’s not trying to tell us a story. He’s inviting us to feel the warmth, the lightness, the sheer joy of summer.