Mirror Object 1973

Blinky Palermo has made these two adjacent triangles, mirror objects, both pointing down towards the earth. I can imagine him in his studio trying to figure out how he can make color, space, and form collide. In one of the triangles, there is a black void, while the other has a reflective surface, creating a doubling effect that challenges our perception. I can imagine that Blinky was interested in that mirror reflecting space and light, playing with the viewer's perception and questioning the boundaries of the painting itself. These forms, though simple, speak to a long history of geometric abstraction that extends from Malevich and the Bauhaus. It's like he's in this grand conversation, taking a small bite-sized piece of art history and then turning it on its head. In that conversation, he seems to ask, how can painting create an invitation for endless looking? For endless thinking?