Matisse’s cutouts are in many ways the epitome of what cultural critics term “late style” — a new creative idiom that some artists and writers acquire in their old age, as Edward Said once defined it. For Matisse, the childlike exuberance of cutouts represented a continuation of his fascination with boldly juxtaposed colors married with a pared-down, almost primitive simplicity.It can be difficult to grasp the scale of the collages from photographs alone. Some are huge.“They are more like installations or environments than paintings,” Tate curator Nicholas Cullinan told PBS. “They were a way of collapsing line and color; at the same time they were a kind of sculpture — carving into pure color.” “L'Escargot”, cut paper collage and gauche paint. #aviaraparkhyatt #fourseasons #artgroupprojects #matisse #carlsbad #encinitas #lagunabeach #solanabeach #rsf #beverlyhills #losangeles #sandiego #orangecounty