Parisian 1
huile sur toile, 116×89 cm
Post-war painting, dominated by American Abstract Expressionism and its theorist Greenberg, made the surface the truth of the pictorial work. Woe to those who did not want to flatten themselves! Like the motif, the perspective space was sidelined, and painting, apart from strong figures like Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Martial Raysse (second period), and others yet to be recognized, detached itself from the world. One no longer had to see but first express. Here, I look at the surface and see Parisian women passing by who play at being abstractions…
