abstract door

there must be a million pictures of the doors of paris, many imposing and solid with elegantly carved ornamentation, some painted in bright sheens and decorated with ornate hardware, others are weathered and neglected but the worn patina just adds to the charm...still others are whimsically nondescript...
this one in a courtyard belongs to the abstract minimalist painting category with its worked surface of old paint, grime, scrapes and patches that a dedicated artist would spend hours to achieve, finally punctuating it with a rusty bar and cross-piece for that pseudo-religiose effect...