Kanton 1966

Friedel Dzubas made Kanton, a large-scale painting, using acrylic on canvas, and he didn’t fuss about dating it. It’s all about these horizontal bands of color, like a landscape turned abstract, or maybe a really chill flag design. Looking closely, you can see how the paint is laid down, not trying to hide the process. The colors aren't blended to death; they sit next to each other, creating a kind of visual vibration. Notice that juicy red shape at the top, kind of like a squashed tomato, pushing against that muted green background. There's a yellow line peeking out from under the purple, a small but crucial spark. Dzubas was part of that Color Field gang, like Helen Frankenthaler and Morris Louis, soaking paint into canvas, letting the material do its thing. But here, he's keeping things a bit more structured, a bit more playful. It’s a reminder that painting is always a conversation, a push and pull between intention and accident.