Untitled 1988

This painting by Mihai Olos is made up of a matrix of tiny, repeated forms, a bit like pixels, but far more organic and tactile. It’s not just about what these marks represent, but how they’re made. The artist has carefully built up the image with these small modules, creating a visual language that’s both structured and intuitive. Looking closely, the texture is key. You can almost feel the dimensionality, like looking at a field from above. The colours, earthy greens and blues, are carefully chosen and laid down. Each mark seems deliberate, yet the overall effect is fluid. See how certain areas become dense, the individual marks disappearing as the colors fuse, then, elsewhere, the painting opens into a kind of loose geometry, where the blocks define the space around the work. This kind of repetitive mark-making reminds me of the work of Agnes Martin. It’s about rhythm, meditation, and embracing the beauty of the imperfect. Olos invites us to slow down and see the world, not as a fixed image, but as a process of ongoing creation.