Pleasure of Wearing 1971

Kazuo Shiraga made this beautiful stark artwork called ‘Pleasure of Wearing,’ and it really makes you think about how brushstrokes can carry so much feeling and intention. Just imagine Shiraga’s hand moving across the surface, pressing down to create these marks that are so full of life. There is a real physicality to how the strokes are laid down, thick and thin in turns. I wonder what he was thinking as he made it. Were they meditative acts, or bursts of energy unleashed onto the paper? You know, painting is like an ongoing conversation between artists, isn't it? We look at what others have done, we respond, we push back, we find our own voice in the mix. I guess this is what Shiraga was doing too. Painting is a form of expression that can hold so many different interpretations and meanings. It's not about finding one definitive answer, but about embracing ambiguity and uncertainty, and seeing where it takes you.