IF YOU ARE NOT A CHILD AT HEART AND DON'T LIKE SQUIGGLES, STAY AWAY!
If you don’t like squiggles: if you don’t like fantasy: if you don’t like odd-looking animals - stay away. So many people object to Basquiat or Tanguely and yes, there is a lot of their work that I don’t particularly go for either, but Karel Appel and his works on paper, I do. I can giggle, act as a child or search for faces or anything as his work is not always titled. Encounter, 1963 Big Head, 1963 Woman's Face, 1961 The Harmonica Player, 1947 Karel Appel (1921-2006) is rich, diverse, raw, intense and alive with energy. He was a Dutch painter who explored many forms throughout his long career lasting over 60 years. And looking at his work, knowing a little about his life, I am sure he remained « a child » right throughout his life. If not a child, open to many ideas. He was independent, radical and his spirit led him to shun established categories. He is certainly famous as a founder of the Cobra group (1948) which I came across the first time w