Grün / Orange 3:1 1979

Editor: Here we have Camille Graeser’s "Grün / Orange 3:1," created in 1979 with acrylic paint. It's such a bold piece! The sharp lines and contrasting colors immediately give it a modern, almost digital feel, despite being painted decades ago. What do you see in this work? Curator: It’s a conversation, isn’t it? An argument, maybe even a slightly tipsy one. Grün, that sort of cool teal, is doing its own thing – vast and contemplative, holding space for itself like it’s telling you a secret. And Orange... Well, Orange barges in with that rigid geometry, that demanding verticality. Editor: I hadn't thought of it that way! So you see it almost as a… dynamic? Curator: Absolutely. It's a dialogue of colour. Graeser plays with proportion—that 3:1 hinted in the title. He's dividing the canvas not just with color, but with an almost architectural sensibility. It's hard-edged, a bit defiant even. Almost reminds you of how our eyes argue with what they are viewing. Doesn’t it make you wonder which colour wins the viewer’s eye? Editor: It does! I think my eye keeps going back to the orange, because of that bright, unexpected square in the top corner. Curator: Exactly! That’s the little wink that pulls you back in. I appreciate the artist holding that space to cause friction. Colour is the ultimate material in his toolbox to challenge perceptions and the eye! Editor: That's a completely different way of seeing it. Now, I see the colors battling for space. Curator: Yes, that push and pull... It wakes us up to the simplest forms and colors, demanding we question the nature of our reality.