Joan Mitchell is my absolute favourite painter and I just had to go see her works in person whilst in London for Saatchi's art fair. The collection was lent by the Louis Vuitton Foundation and it was absolutely stunning.
At first, must admit, I was shocked by how the huge abstract landscapes envelop you. It was very touching to see her brush strokes... following her movements on the canvas leaving marks, prints of her body gestures. I love to meditate upon the impermanence of the human body which is no more - yet, the movement of the limbs and the brushes all well alive in all their grandeur, crystalised on the canvas.
Don't miss it if you're in London, it's closing in the end of March:
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