A brief and subtle text in which reflections on painting are woven together with memories and anecdotes that shed light on Pierre Soulages’ journey.

"In front of an Outrenoir, what do we see? There is light reflected by the black, already altered, transformed. […] We see light coming from the painting toward the viewer: that’s what happens in my work, that’s the optical aspect. […] If the light shifts, we no longer see the same painting. The arrangement, certainly, remains the same, but it fades or becomes more apparent […] In my case, interiority does not precede the act of painting. It arises during it." – Pierre Soulages