Untitled (Polychrome Bar) 1970

The Romanian conceptual artist Andre Cadere made this Polychrome Bar. I love the way the coloured wooden batons interrupt what could otherwise be read as a simple line. This piece makes me think about the idea of interruption. Like, what happens when you break the rules? I imagine Cadere walking around with his bar, inserting it into different environments, different conversations, different artworks by other artists. What was he trying to say? The colours are so vibrant, almost playful, yet the bar itself is so rigid. I can imagine the artist carefully selecting each colour, considering how they would interact with one another. It’s not just about aesthetics, it’s about disrupting the status quo. Thinking about his practice in relation to the work of other artists. He was in an ongoing conversation, challenging us to see the world in a different way.