Doppelfarben (in the cross 1-2-3-4) 1968

Max Bill made this clean, crisp painting with simple lines and colors. It’s the kind of painting that makes you think about order, maybe even math. I bet he was listening to some cool, precise music while he was making it. You can almost feel his hand moving carefully, trying to get those lines just perfect. The paint looks really smooth, like he wanted it to be almost machine-made. But you know, there’s always a little wobble, a tiny human touch that sneaks in, even when you’re trying to be all straight and perfect. It’s interesting how artists like Bill were talking to each other, even if they never met. He's in conversation with Mondrian and Albers, but doing his own thing. It makes you realize that painting is this ongoing chat, this big, messy, beautiful conversation that keeps going on, even when the artists are gone.