Sleeping(1977), Philip Guston
Sleeping is an oversize oil painting that's grumpy, adorable and despondent all at once. A lone older man is folded up in a too-small bed with his shoes on, cold and consumed with sleep. His hair is everywhere. His fingers, earlobe and eye lashes all hang over the lip of the blanket. He is a mess but he'll survive. The background is black as nothing. This isn't commentary on painting's commentary on living in the world. It's a scary place but we all get through it somehow.