Composition with Red, Yellow, and Green 1980

Victor Vasarely made this artwork, "Composition with Red, Yellow, and Green," with... well, I'm not quite sure what he made it with. Maybe acrylic on canvas? Though it seems to be something else. Whatever it is, he’s got a strong sense of colour—primary colours, very bold, jumping out at you. I like to think about what it was like for him to create this piece, the decisions he would have made—the push and pull. There must have been a real sense of freedom in the process, and a lot of problem solving. He was probably thinking about the grid, and how to create a sense of movement and depth within it, through colour. It’s all about surface and how it bends. And in the end that's what painting is—a whole bunch of conversations with the old masters, and with other artists, inspiring each other to go further.