The artwork titled “Transition,” created by Philip Guston in 1975, belongs to the Neo-Expressionism art movement and falls under the figurative genre. It is part of the “Unpopulated” series. In the artwork, Guston employs a bold palette dominated by shades of red, white, and gray. The composition features ambiguous, abstracted forms that suggest unidentifiable objects and shapes, including what appears to be a collection of variously colored, amorphous masses stacked together in an unorganized manner. These forms occupy the upper portion of the painting, while the lower portion contains geometric shapes and a distinct representation of a hand grasping a support structure, perhaps a plank or panel. The overall brushwork is expressive and somewhat crude, characteristic of Guston’s late style, which communicates a sense of raw emotion and abstracted realism.
