Free Flight 1964

Jeremy Moon made this interestingly shaped painting called Free Flight, we don't know exactly when, but it presents a triangle divided into stripes of color. I like the way the colors kind of vibrate against each other, they’re like chords of color, not quite harmonious, a little rough, not smoothed over, but singing together none the less. The paint application is pretty smooth, but not slick. You can see the hand in it, like the bands were done with a brush and maybe some masking tape. Notice how the colours are organised, from bright and high-key at one end to lower and darker at the other. I’m reminded of Ellsworth Kelly, but there’s something a little more raw and less refined about Moon’s touch. For me, the beauty of art lies in this combination of intention and accident, the planned and the unplanned. The fact that it remains open to interpretation is what makes it so interesting, don’t you think?