Untitled Abstraction V c. 1945

Editor: This is Josef Albers' *Untitled Abstraction V*. Looking at the crisscrossing lines and the way those circles hover, I get a sense of playful unease. What's your take? Curator: Playful unease! I love that. For me, it's a visual puzzle. Albers wants us to question perception. Are the circles advancing or receding? Is the grid solid or dissolving? It teases the eye, doesn't it? Perhaps it’s an invitation to see beyond the surface, to find the extraordinary in the everyday geometry that surrounds us. Editor: So, it's less about what it *is* and more about how we *see* it? Curator: Precisely! Art’s greatest trick isn't to show us the world, but to teach us how to see it differently. Editor: That makes a lot of sense!