Simultaneous Colors 

Curator: Here we have Sonia Delaunay’s “Simultaneous Colors”, an oil on canvas emblematic of her unique approach to Orphism. What catches your eye initially? Editor: Wow, it’s a burst of confetti! Like all the colors decided to have a party. It's dynamic, playful… I want to touch it. Curator: Delaunay was deeply invested in the relationship between color and form. Emerging from Cubism and Fauvism, Orphism sought to move toward abstraction using bright color and geometric shapes. These simultaneous contrasts were key to conveying movement. Do you feel that sense of movement here? Editor: Absolutely! The way she overlaps and layers the colours, I sense some type of crazy dance with colours. It makes my eyes jump around trying to figure out a focus, yet the effect is somehow harmonious? Curator: That's beautifully put. Consider that Delaunay's exploration wasn't confined to painting, or even just to visual arts; she translated these principles into textile design and fashion. Editor: So this isn’t just art for art’s sake. Was she suggesting that colour itself can be a form of agency, maybe a political statement? After all, for so long, clothing, the role of women and colours were strictly controlled. Curator: Precisely. As a Jewish woman and a modernist artist living through turbulent times, she certainly understood that connection. Color could disrupt social conventions and claim space. Abstraction became her vocabulary to create a different world, her very own aesthetic language for the modern age. Editor: It does have that utopian feeling… A future viewed through stained glass. It’s still resonating, I wonder, with those today who are challenging conventional aesthetic ideas linked to race and gender. There is almost a blueprint there for anyone ready to redesign their own reality. Curator: The power of abstraction lies, perhaps, in this capacity to create those interpretive openings. This piece challenges us to rethink not just art but our whole world in a symphony of colours. Editor: Absolutely! Colour can be revolutionary, a blast of freedom that still bursts on this canvas after all this time. Thanks for inviting me to the party!