Figurative Silhouette Against Abstract Expressionist Painting, Paris Museum

5 October 2017 · Paris

A lone standing figure emerges from a field of deep crimson and black brushwork — the silhouette holds its ground while the paint swirls around it. The framed work hangs on a clean white gallery wall, parquet floor below, a wall label to the left. Figurative form and abstract gesture pulling in opposite directions: the figure asserts presence, the brushwork threatens to absorb it entirely.