Stubble Field 1966

Constantin Flondor made this "Stubble Field" painting with a whole lot of lines, seemingly built from the ground up. The colors are these muted greens and yellows, overlaid with white, blue, and yellow lines, and they’re not precious, you know? The texture is built up, like a field after harvest. I keep thinking about Agnes Martin and her grids, but this is looser, more organic somehow. Look at the way Flondor stacks those lines; it's almost like he's building up the earth itself, one mark at a time. The painting isn’t trying to trick you into thinking it’s anything other than what it is – paint on a surface, lines making a field, process made visible. It reminds me of how art is just an ongoing conversation with other artists, a way of seeing and thinking that keeps changing and growing.