Room (Space Construction) 1921

Let’s talk about Peter Laszlo Peri’s ‘Room (Space Construction)’. I am just imagining Peri making this; I wonder what his studio looked like? I can almost see him carefully mixing those colors, that muted red-orange with the stark black. You know, it feels like he is searching for a way to create a feeling of space, but not in a realistic way. More like trying to capture the essence of a room, the way it feels when you are in it. The shapes are so simple. The square hovering in the darkness at the top is very striking. What could it mean? It reminds me of the kinds of problems Mondrian was exploring, or even some of those early constructivist experiments. But Peri brings his own sensibility to the table. Painters are always responding to each other, across time and space. It’s like a big, ongoing conversation. What do you think?