Untitled (Annual Edition) 1970

Richard Anuszkiewicz made this mesmerising artwork on a board sometime in 1970. Just imagine the painstaking process of layering those colors, one precise line at a time! I can almost feel Anuszkiewicz’s focus, the way he carefully built up those rectangles of red, pink, violet, and blue. It’s not just about the colors, but about how they vibrate against each other, creating this crazy optical buzz. He teases our eyes, pushing and pulling space, making us question what’s flat and what’s not. Anuszkiewicz was really part of that Op Art movement, where artists messed with perception. It makes you think about other color field painters, like Josef Albers, who were so into exploring how colors interact. But there’s something so personal in the way Anuszkiewicz does it. It’s a reminder that painting is an ongoing conversation, where artists build on each other’s ideas, pushing boundaries, and challenging us to see the world in new ways.