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Can art be true? I can certainly perceive it, and at best, it expresses truth. Truth seems objective. Is that so?
Images work through perception, through the perception of lines, surfaces, shapes, compositions, and, not least, colors. This applies to representational painting as much as to abstraction. Art can express truth, and truth touches us, triggers emotion. Emotion is true, but my feeling may be different from yours. Or does truth always trigger a universal emotion? Very confusing.
With these images, the viewer is usually tempted to see the background as the foreground, red on white or red on blue. This initial perception can be challenged by consciously observing and following the painting process, leading to the realization that it is exactly the other way around—the "background" was painted over the red!
At its best, images can inspire us to contemplate for a longer time and to form our own thoughts. Close and prolonged observation is always helpful...
The relationship between subject and object in art is complex and multifaceted, and the process of seeing and understanding is an active experience.