Blind No. 21, Seventeen-foot Ceiling or Lower Pyrrole Orange, Vat Orange (to Franz West) + PUSH COMES TO LOVE + Marino Formenti Wien, AT 2012

Stephen Prina’s ‘Blind No. 21, Seventeen-foot Ceiling or Lower Pyrrole Orange, Vat Orange (to Franz West) + PUSH COMES TO LOVE + Marino Formenti Wien, AT’ features hanging panels of orange, kind of like a folding screen, paired with a purple rug. What was Prina thinking when he made this? It's clearly in conversation with other artists. The title name-checks Franz West and Marino Formenti, creating a space of connection, like they’re all hanging out, batting ideas around. The orange color is bold, but then it bleeds into the white at the bottom, creating this soft dissolve. There's a dark blotch. Was that intentional or accidental? The purple rug anchors the piece, adding an element of domesticity. Prina is playing with color, form, and context, inviting us to consider how these elements shape our perception. It’s like he's saying, "Here's a fragment, now you complete the thought." And that's the beauty of painting; it’s never really finished, is it? It lives and breathes with each viewer.