Untitled 

Editor: This is "Untitled" by Adnan Coker. The information available specifies that it is an abstract piece, utilising acrylic paint and ink. It gives the impression of looking through a doorway; the strong monochrome contrasting with vibrant columns. What do you make of this composition? Curator: What I see is an exploration of duality through contrasting symbolism. The monochrome—the blacks and grays—evoke a sense of solemnity, a void maybe, common throughout centuries of artwork exploring mortality. What emotions are triggered by the pink columns? Editor: A vibrant almost ethereal quality? Curator: Precisely! These columns suggest a life-force, or perhaps spiritual ascent, think of classical religious painting or even more contemporary abstract expressionism. The geometric framework traps or cradles them, no? Are the shapes of the monochrome constricting or complimentary, perhaps something else entirely? Editor: I hadn’t considered the shape of the monochrome affecting my interpretation! It's as though it frames the columns. That tension almost makes the pink feel defiant against that feeling of solemnity. Curator: Coker, consciously or not, is engaging in an age-old artistic discourse—the push and pull between dark and light, earthly and divine, constraint and liberation. How can an individual truly exist in a world of duality? Editor: I never would have seen that depth initially, I really like that idea, and the push and pull of different interpretations. Thank you. Curator: And thank you. Considering its place within art history truly changes my reading of Coker's work.