Untitled 1973

This Untitled artwork was made by Luchita Hurtado, using what looks like colored pencils or pastels. There's this amazing sense of rhythm here, like a visual score. Hurtado’s got these stacked, striated marks, sometimes straight, sometimes bending into these cool curves. It’s not about perfection; it's about the energy of the hand. The color palette is really lovely too. It's mostly blues and purples, with the odd flash of orange, that feels almost aquatic, like looking at light refracted through water. If you zoom in on one of those curved sections, you can see how the colors blend and layer. It's not about a smooth finish, it's about the chalky texture of the pastel and how it catches the light. This all-over approach, where the entire surface is activated, reminds me a little of Agnes Martin. It is a real testament to art as a form which embraces ambiguity, and multiple interpretations over fixed meanings.