Page 36 - Studio International - November 1967

contemplation vitality order and clarity Karel Appel Give me a smile 1962
are elements of art oil on canvas, 35 x 46 in.
of all these nowadays
vitality seems most characteristic
it is predominant in this epoch

painting and sculpture have become controversial
often shocking perhaps
to the older generation
but done with conviction
with confidence in future development
and youth accepts

true art at its birth
exacting and ill-bred
does not speak but shouts
its vitality is a manifestation
of the great era in which we are living
great artists are living now
trying to figure the invisible
to answer
the need of form and expression
that lives in society

words cannot convey its essence
art does