The sculptor 1931

This is "The Sculptor" by Pablo Picasso, painted at an unknown date. It's got that classic Picasso vibe, right? Bold outlines, shapes bumping into each other, and a color palette that's both playful and a little jarring. Look at how the colors are laid down, thin and deliberate, filling in the outlined forms like a stained-glass window. The surface is smooth, almost slick, which lets those bright colors sing. The way he's divided the face of the sculptor into two profiles, so you see both simultaneously. It’s a way of seeing, of thinking about form. It reminds me of Matisse, with its flattened space and focus on decorative pattern, but Picasso's got this edge, a tension in the way he breaks down the figure that makes it feel restless, unresolved. It is such an exciting conversation on how to look, and how to show.