The artwork titled “Shoes,” created by the artist Philip Guston in 1968, is a piece that falls under the Neo-Expressionism art movement and belongs to the still life genre.
In this artwork, Guston presents a pair of shoes rendered in bold, expressive brushstrokes. The shoes are depicted with simplified, almost cartoonish forms, and painted in vibrant red with black polka dots, against a muted, grayish background. The composition exudes a certain rawness and emotional intensity, characteristic of Neo-Expressionism, where the focus is on conveying subjective feelings and personal narratives through dramatic and often rough-hewn imagery.
