Obra 171 1948

Raul Lozza made 'Obra 171' with paint and maybe some collage, or a very particular kind of layering. I'm interested in this idea of making, of process, that these abstract works can evoke even though they don't look like landscapes or portraits. Here, the solid, matte green feels like a stage or field on which the other shapes can hang out. Each shape looks as though it was carefully cut from a solid block of color: the red, the mustard yellow, the blue. I wonder what that teal slash could be signaling, formally? There is something exciting in how they are slightly raised from the surface. This feels like a conversation with someone like Ellsworth Kelly. Both artists speak to this pure joy of shapes and colors playing together. Isn't it amazing how much feeling can come out of such simple forms? It is a feeling that asks you to bring your own history and your own interpretations.