Homme assis 1969

This is Picasso's 'Homme assis', and what grabs me first is how he just goes for it with these bold strokes and that acid-sweet palette. It's like watching a painter think out loud. There’s a real physicality to the paint, right? See how he's laid down those reds, yellows, and greens, kind of clashing but also singing together? And the way the brush drags across the surface, not trying to hide anything, just raw and immediate. Look at that little red hatched triangle at the bottom. It is like a tiny window into Picasso's process, a glimpse of his thought process on the canvas. Picasso, like Philip Guston after him, reminds us that art is a conversation, a back-and-forth, and that sometimes the most interesting things happen when we let go of control and embrace the mess.