Opus 67 B 1975

Hans Hinterreiter made "Opus 67 B," with what looks like gouache or tempera, sometime in the mid-twentieth century. This piece feels like a formal experiment, where the process itself is upfront. The colours, these flat greens, yellows, and grays, and how they all push and pull against each other, create a fascinating tension. The eye is drawn to the center and edges simultaneously, with each section a little different. Look how the curves move in and out! It feels like a conversation between the analytical and the intuitive. I'm reminded of Sol LeWitt's wall drawings, in the way that they both embrace a systematic approach while still allowing for visual play. It is this embrace of both rule-based systems and the possibility of seeing new things that makes this such a compelling work.