Flamingo 1970

Jeremy Moon made 'Flamingo' with paint, though the exact date of its creation is unknown. There's something deeply satisfying about the contrast here, between the soft, fleshy pink lines and the grounding dark squares. It gives the impression of something being held together. The surface is smooth, almost like it was sprayed. The lines are crisp and precise, and suggest a masking technique. It's cool to think about how that pink shifts from feeling sweet to feeling structural. Look at where the pink crosses over the dark squares. See how those intersections create tiny diamonds? That small formal detail creates a whole new layer of visual interest, it's like a secret code hidden within the larger pattern. Eva Hesse’s grid-like sculptures come to mind here, in the way both artists play with geometry and repetition to create something that feels both ordered and a little bit off-kilter. Art’s like that, isn’t it? A way of seeing the world in new and unexpected ways.