Kunstmappe Schweizerische Mobiliar 1977

Here is an image of stacked blocks of color, each neatly arranged in a tight rectangular composition. It’s got sunshine yellow, sky blue, and traffic-cone orange, all butted up next to each other. I’m trying to imagine what it was like for Lohse to make this. There’s something really cool and calming about the way these colors sit together. The shapes are so simple but the way they interlock makes me think of a kind of visual puzzle. It feels like a game, a controlled experiment with color and form. What’s also neat is how he embraces the flat surface, making no attempt to create depth. Instead, he creates a sense of movement through the arrangement of colors. You can see this in Josef Albers' work, too. These guys share this ongoing conversation, inspiring one another's creativity, each finding new ways to explore the power of simple shapes and colors.