Patches of blue, ochre, rust and teal on raw linen, held in a loose web of dark lines, with a tall mask-like form half-surfacing in the middle. Ernest Mancoba, Composition, 1951, oil on linen (The Art Institute of Chicago), painted after he joined CoBrA as the group’s only African member.
I love this, the composition the halo the color everything about it makes me want to keep looking at it
Grows from
My own looking, not Namjoon’s pointing. Seen in New Humans: Memories of the Future at the New Museum.
First seen
- New Museum · July 2026