Lomna 1949

Victor Vasarely made 'Lomna' with oil on board, and just look at those colours! I imagine him thinking of the painting as a playground of forms, where triangles meet, and a bright yellow beam zips up the canvas. There's something really intriguing about the texture too, isn't there? It’s like the painting itself has aged, giving us a peek into the layers beneath. You can almost feel the surfaces and sense the history of each stroke, a bit like the kind of decisions I have to make when I'm trying to get a painting finished and resolved. That yellow ray reminds me of Barnett Newman's zips, except that here Vasarely is all about the geometry. He's not just throwing paint around; he’s carefully building a world of shapes, light, and depth. You can tell he loved making images that trick your eye, which makes me wonder: What was he trying to tell us about how we see?