PES — A New Theory of Painting: Matter, Time and Emotion
Parallel Emotional Systems (PES) proposes a new way of understanding painting.
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| PES — A New Theory of Painting. Article II. Parallel Emotional Systems (PES), Alain Polanski. |
A painting is not merely a static image or a finished composition. It is a dynamic system in which matter, time and emotion remain active.
In PES, the material structure of the painting is not simply a support for representation. Pigment, texture, density, transparency and successive layers become active components of the work.
Time is internal to the painting. Every layer contains traces of previous states, transformations and decisions. The work therefore does not exist only as a final image — it carries its own temporal structure.
Emotion is also structural. It does not function merely as a subject represented by the artist, but as a force embedded in the organization and material evolution of the work.
This leads to one of the central principles of Parallel Emotional Systems:
The image stops moving, but does not end.
Article II develops PES as a theory of painting based on the dynamic relationship between matter, time and emotion.
Alain Polanski
Creator of PES — Parallel Emotional Systems
Multidisciplinary Artist & Expert Culturel Côte d’Azur
President, Association Français-Polonais MON PETIT LOUVRE
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