Untitled 1968

This orange acrylic on Plexiglas work was made by Craig Kauffman. It's like a yummy piece of candy. The process looks super simple, and I wonder if he had to do a lot of versions to get it looking just right? There is something very satisfying about the colour, the shape, and the finish of this piece. It makes me want to run my hands all over it. There’s a certain clarity in the surface which makes it seem as though the colour is almost floating, or like an image in a screen. The interior rectangle is especially intriguing to me: it’s the same colour as the rest of the piece, but it's clearly a separate element. Did he build the whole thing up at once, or did he add that later? I see this piece as being in conversation with people like Helen Frankenthaler, in the way it allows colour to stain the surface, or the sculptures of someone like John McCracken, in its smooth finish and focus on materials. Art is just one big conversation!