Compostion III 1962

Matta made this Composition III, with etching ink and an open mind, I imagine. The scratchy lines create this wild sense of movement. It’s like a machine that's about to whirr into action or maybe it's just broken and sparking. The pink dots against the ghostly squares make me think of planets or maybe a weird kind of molecular structure. I wonder what Matta was thinking about while he made it. Was he trying to invent a new kind of space, one that’s both mechanical and organic? Or was he just letting his hand lead the way, letting the lines and shapes emerge from the chaos? You can see him grappling with form and space, trying to bring order to the underlying chaos. It's a balancing act between control and chance. Matta plays with perspective, giving us glimpses of different dimensions. And that's what makes it so exciting.