238 combinazioni cromatiche con 16 colori moltiplicati fra loro 1969

Dadamaino made this artwork, 238 combinazioni cromatiche con 16 colori moltiplicati fra loro, from a dizzying array of criss-crossing and overlapping diamond shapes rendered in a kaleidoscope of colours. Imagine Dadamaino in her studio, embarking on this intricate exploration of colour and form. She probably delighted in setting up the conditions for a colour explosion. What possibilities, what combinations, what juxtapositions might happen? The painting feels like an exercise in constraint: sixteen colours multiplied into 238 combinations. And yet constraint can be liberating, like setting up a game with self-imposed rules. The painting seems to nod to Josef Albers' colour theories and Sol Lewitt's systematic permutations, but there is also an element of playful intuition to it, a sense of finding pleasure in the possibilities afforded by a limited palette and range of forms. She shares an affinity with other artists preoccupied with seriality and repetition, all in conversation with one another across time. Dadamaino embraces the idea of ongoing exploration, encouraging us to find our own unique meaning in it.