Number 2-07 1961

Morris Louis made "Number 2-07" with acrylic on canvas. Notice how parallel bands of color cascade down a pristine white field, creating a visual experience that’s both serene and captivating. The composition invites us to consider the painting's materiality and its break from traditional methods. Louis stained diluted acrylic directly into the canvas, foregoing brushes, allowing the colors to merge, bleed and interact organically. This method emphasizes the flatness of the canvas, challenging conventional notions of depth and form. The interaction of color and space functions as a sign in itself, inviting contemplation on the very essence of painting and visual perception. The artwork destabilizes conventional ideas and invites the viewer to engage with it on a more profound level. The artwork is a site of ongoing dialogue and renewal, and not as a static entity, but as a dynamic field of possibilities.