Structural Constellation 'To Ferdinand Hodler' 1954

This “Structural Constellation ‘To Ferdinand Hodler’” by Josef Albers is at MoMA, and from a distance, it might look like a simple diagram, or a blueprint. But get closer and it’s anything but. The linear construction in pale yellow-gold against the deep blue-black feels both delicate and precise. These lines aren’t just describing a shape, they’re constructing a space. It’s almost like Albers is building a world, line by line. I love the ambiguity of it, how it invites you to look and look again. Albers was obsessed with how we perceive colour, and this piece really captures that. It reminds me of some of Sol Lewitt's wall drawings, but where LeWitt is conceptual and mathematical, Albers feels more poetic, more human. The imperfections in the lines, the slight variations in colour – these are the things that make it sing. It's not just a shape, it's an experience.