Composition multicolore à dominante bleue 1969

This is a painting by Serge Poliakoff, called "Composition multicolore à dominante bleue", and it's all about how shapes and colors talk to each other. The painting is a playground of geometric forms, mostly rectangles, squares, and triangles in blues, yellows, reds, greens, black, and white. You can almost feel Poliakoff piecing them together, trying out different arrangements, searching for that perfect balance. I wonder, did he start with the blue, and then let the other colors dance around it? The edges of each shape feel deliberate, almost cut out and placed. I see him stepping back, squinting, adjusting, and then finally saying, "Yes, that's it." These shapes remind me of those early modernists like Mondrian, but with a warmer, more human touch. There's a sense of playfulness, of improvisation, that makes it feel so alive. It makes me want to grab some paint and start pushing things around myself.