29-E-78 1978

Nassos Daphnis made this painting, 29-E-78, using hard-edge abstraction, which is all about those clean lines and flat colors. It's like he's saying, "Here's the shape, here's the color, deal with it!" I love how the yellow and black zigzags pop against the white. There's no fussiness here, just pure, unadulterated form. You can almost feel the crispness of the edges. It’s as if he's playing with geometry, turning simple shapes into something that feels almost like a visual code. It reminds me a little of Ellsworth Kelly, who also had a knack for making simple shapes sing. But Daphnis has his own thing going on. It’s all part of this big conversation that artists have been having for, well, forever. It's not about finding the "right" answer, it's about asking cool questions.