L'hiver dans les bois 1965

Charles Lapicque's "Winter in the Woods" is a riotous assembly of color that dances across the canvas, defying our expectations of a winter landscape. Shapes emerge from a mosaic of pinks, purples, greens, and yellows in what appears to be an abstracted forest. Lapicque engages with the principles of structuralism by presenting the forest not as a direct representation, but as a series of signs and visual cues. Traditional perspective is discarded, as the trees and ground seem to exist in a space that is both flat and dimensional. The bright, almost playful use of color disrupts the somber mood typically associated with winter. The painting questions the established meanings of landscape art. It asks us to reconsider how we perceive and categorize the natural world, inviting us to find new meaning within its deconstructed forms and vibrant hues. It's not just a scene, but a re-evaluation of how we see.