Untitled 1997

John Armleder created this object out of a translucent blue plastic. It shimmers like the sea, like cellophane caught in a breeze. I wonder what it might have been like to conjure this! What thoughts did Armleder have? Maybe he wanted to shape air? Make something that looks like a drawing. The surface curves and bends, catching the light. It has a certain energy, the geometry is simple and elegant. It's kind of funny, like it was made from a found object. Armleder seems to be in dialogue with other artists of his time, like a painter using ready-mades rather than oil paint. Artists are always talking to one another through their art. It looks like a kind of folded painting; I could imagine folding the image and making a physical composition as a way to respond to the artwork. I'm sure others will make new responses!