Series DW 1967

This is Charlotte Posenenske's *Series DW*, and it's made from coated sheet steel. It's kind of mind-blowing, isn't it? You know, I really admire artists who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty, to wrestle with materials and space. It's like Posenenske is not just making an object; she's creating a whole environment, a system. I can imagine her in the studio, maybe even a factory, surrounded by these modular forms, figuring out how they fit together, how they can be combined and recombined. And the color! That industrial, almost drab, palette is so striking. It reminds me of early minimalist sculpture but there's also something so playful and improvisational about the way she puts these elements together. I bet other artists, like Donald Judd or Carl Andre, were in her mind. This kind of artistic dialogue is what keeps art alive. It shows us that art isn’t fixed. It's always moving, shifting, and changing.