Icarus 2016

Camilla d'Errico, sometime in the 20th century, made 'Icarus', and it’s like a waterfall of feelings. Just look at those wings, not feathered but swirling with every color imaginable. It's the kind of painting that reminds you art isn’t just about representation, it’s about making something new happen. The paint looks thick, glossy, almost like candy melting – but it's also like tears, isn't it? See how the colors drip down, obscuring her face? It's physical, this painting, you can almost feel the weight of the colors. The way the paint pools and hangs from the tips of her fingers, it's this incredible tension between beauty and loss. D'Errico’s really diving into that space where the beautiful and the tragic collide, a space that Francis Bacon knew so well. It’s a reminder that art is never just one thing. It’s a question mark, a dance of uncertainty, and that's what makes it alive.