Homage to the Square 1966

This painting, one of Josef Albers' *Homage to the Square* series, is all about how colors change depending on what's next to them, like a visual game of telephone. Albers layered oil paint straight from the tube, no fancy mixing, just spreading it out to see what happened. Look closely, and you'll see the texture, the way the paint sits on the surface, a little rough, a little uneven. And that top layer, that rich green? It's not flat, it has a life of its own, pulling the eye around, talking to the blues and greys in the middle. It’s a push and pull of color that makes you feel, not just see. Albers was obsessed with how we see, and he kept painting squares to keep asking questions. Think of Agnes Martin, or even Rothko, all wrestling with color and feeling and how art can mess with your head in the best way possible. It's less about answers and more about the conversation.