Rectángulos y Cuadrados CCLXXI 1970

José Pedro Costigliolo made this painting, Rectángulos y Cuadrados CCLXXI, with rectangles and squares, of course, in a palette of orange, gray, and white. Look how the forms aren't static but seem to be in motion, pushing and pulling like tectonic plates. I bet Costigliolo felt like a choreographer while making this. He's directing these forms to create tension and harmony. And that orange! It’s not just a background; it's like the energy source of the whole composition. There's a real sense of play, almost like he's riffing on the geometric ideas of someone like Mondrian, but with a Latin American rhythm. It's a reminder that painting is a conversation across time, where artists borrow, remix, and transform ideas into something entirely new. It is like they are all in a studio together, even across generations.