Study for Etruscan 1985

Editor: So, this is Stephen Cox's "Study for Etruscan," and what strikes me is this muted palette, and the odd, almost haunting, imagery within the oval. What’s your take on this piece? Curator: It's like glimpsing a forgotten language, isn't it? Cox is playing with form, hinting at ancient ritual, maybe even the crude beginnings of symbolic representation. The ambiguous shapes...do they evoke a face, or something more primal? He seems to be nudging us towards raw, unfiltered feeling. Editor: I see what you mean about the primal element. It’s less about what it IS, and more about what it makes you feel. Curator: Exactly! It's as if Cox is whispering, "Remember this feeling," before we named everything and lost the mystery. Editor: That really makes it click for me. Thanks!