Guillermo Mordillo

Guillermo Mordillo in his studio. Monaco, Oct. 2010.

Guillermo Mordillo

The Argentinian artist of worldwide renown – his humor is silent just like Buster Keaton’s, that he so admired – was infinitely voluble about his work, his sketchbooks, his cheerful discipline; on the importance of surrounding oneself with inspiring images, of not encumbering oneself with things which distract us from our endeavors, on the mystery of ideas – “these butterflies that come to us and which we must seize upon. I draw by instinct. I feel like my work goes beyond me. The meaning of my drawings often appears as an afterthought. I feel possessed, like my cat Charlie”, he says while turning towards his feline who is observing me; God knows what it sees. “Because he follows his instinct, he does everything well. He never messes up.” Guillermo passed away last year. I didn’t know. I wonder what Charlie knows.