Le Corbusier Color Keyboard from "Materials Lab" 2015

Curator: At the Harvard Art Museums, we have Fernanda Fragateiro's "Le Corbusier Color Keyboard from 'Materials Lab'". It's a box containing a photograph and colorful paper strips. The strips feel almost like musical notes, don't they? Editor: Absolutely. There's a vibrant, yet controlled energy to this piece, a kind of contained chaos. I immediately think about the limitations imposed on creativity, perhaps reflecting mid-century modernist inflexibility. Curator: Le Corbusier's influence is unmistakable; Fragateiro subtly suggests how his theories shape our visual culture. The strips evoke the rigid color systems that defined much of the architecture and design of that era. Editor: And the tension between the neat rows and the unruly cluster on the left speaks volumes about conformity versus individuality. Fragateiro seems to be questioning those boundaries. Curator: Indeed, she offers a fresh perspective. It's a fascinating meditation on color theory and its impact, both aesthetically and conceptually. Editor: It really makes you wonder about the power structures inherent in seemingly neutral systems. Curator: Agreed. A powerful little piece. Editor: Definitely left me with something to think about.