2nd Sculpture 1969

Michael Bolus made this ‘2nd Sculpture’ sometime in the 20th century using painted metal. I love how the colours pop! Green, yellow, black, red, it reminds me of those playground colours you just can’t get away from. There’s something very process-oriented about the arrangement, it's like he just kept going, adding one to the next. The flat surfaces of the lozenges and their matte texture give the sculpture a graphic quality; this thing almost looks like a logo or some kind of signage. Each individual shape is pretty straightforward, it’s just a flat plane, but the way they're lined up, gives a sense of movement and direction. Your eye is forced along the line that they create, like a readymade vector. I wonder if the artist was looking at Sol Lewitt or some of those other minimalists, playing with seriality and modular forms. Ultimately, the sculpture is a riddle. What does it signify? Where does it lead? Maybe there’s no real answer. Maybe it’s just about the rhythm of colours and shapes marching across the floor.