Kerr 1973

Victor Vasarely made this painting, Kerr, with layers of color, mostly blues and grays. I wonder what Vasarely was thinking about when he made this? You know, painting is a journey. You start with nothing, and then you add something, and then you react to that something. The color is flat, the ovoid shapes look like different-sized stones or pebbles. They are dark in the middle and become paler the further you go out. It feels like the layering of consciousness, from the deep dark center, expanding outward as you wake up. This reminds me of the earlier Color Field painters like Rothko. When we look at art we are actually continuing a conversation that's been going on for centuries. We can accept its invitation to think, feel, and question. Painting embraces ambiguity and uncertainty. It allows for multiple interpretations and meanings.