Verde Azul y Negro 1958

Here is a painting by Ramirez Villamizar, made with what looks like oil on canvas. It's a mix of flat green, blue and black shapes, each with a hard edge. I wonder about the conversations Ramirez Villamizar was having with other artists at the time, maybe responding to what came before, while also trying to do something new. It's like he was trying to build an image out of solid blocks of colour. The shapes remind me of a geometric puzzle. The black form, it almost looks like a dark cloud, or a shadow, something obscuring or swallowing the light. Yet it also holds together the whole composition. It's always fascinating when an artist can do something new with the simplest materials and forms.