OE 275 1958

Rupprecht Geiger made this artwork, OE 275, with paint, but when exactly, we don't know. The red in this piece is like an all-consuming feeling, dense and vibrant. You can almost feel the heat radiating from the canvas. The paint isn't thick, but it's applied in a way that creates this luminous surface, almost like looking at a sunset. As the red fades into a dark, smoky horizon, there’s a sharp interruption - a small, cool blue rectangle. That blue rectangle is key: it stabilizes everything. It also hints at how you can’t have one feeling without another. The red seems even more intense because of that small patch of blue, a little jolt of clarity in all that warmth. It makes you think about Barnett Newman and his 'zips'. But, Geiger’s work embraces the pure feeling of color itself. It’s not about answers, but an invitation to experience the world in a more vivid way.