A painting is the sum of its destruction. It is something alive, does it understand? ... it is transforming, dies and lives while it is born, until the artist says enough. Only then ends. And really dies.
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The quote from Arturo Pérez-Reverte's book "Sabotage" reflects on the nature of painting as a dynamic and evolving process. It suggests that a painting undergoes a cycle of transformation, where it is continually shaped and reshaped by the artist's hand. This cyclical creation and destruction give the artwork its vitality, indicating that it possesses a kind of life as it develops. The artist's decisions influence this journey until they decide the...
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