Agora by Gunther Gerzso

Agora 1974

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painting, acrylic-paint

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painting

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acrylic-paint

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geometric

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abstraction

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line

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modernism

Copyright: Gunther Gerzso,Fair Use

Gunther Gerzso made "Agora" using paint, and it’s all about how the colors and shapes come together. The whole thing feels like a process, like Gerzso was thinking through the painting as he made it. Looking at "Agora," I'm struck by how the textures create this sense of depth. The big, sandy colored area, it feels like it's been built up layer by layer. You can almost see the ghost of a rectangle within it. It gives the whole piece this grounded, earthy feeling, while the thin black lines give structure to this otherwise organic form. The way the green and tan meet at the top, it's like Gerzso is showing us how different colors can create totally different moods. "Agora" reminds me a bit of some of the early abstract painters, like Hilma af Klint, who were also interested in using shapes and colors to explore the unknown. And, like Klint, Gerzso leaves us with more questions than answers, which, to me, is what art is all about.

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