Le pendu (The Hanged Man) 1983

Stanley William Hayter made "Le pendu (The Hanged Man)" as a print, and right away you're drawn into how he lets the process be visible. It’s not just about an image, but about the making of an image. Look at the colours and the textures. The blend of blues and reds, the overlaid scribbles of green and gold. It's like a dance of spontaneity. Notice that vertical band of blue, how it anchors the composition while everything else seems to float. The lines create a sense of depth, like a landscape. The title suggests darkness, but the lines feel more like freedom, like birds in flight. Hayter's work reminds me a bit of Joan Miró. Both artists share a similar playfulness, a commitment to the abstract and to the power of suggestion. In the end, it’s more about feeling than understanding, more about possibility than certainty.