Studie zu Opus 92A 1972

This piece, Studie zu Opus 92A, was made by Hans Hinterreiter, and the control of the painting is quite something! I imagine him patiently layering those bands of swirling colour. You can see Hinterreiter figuring something out, turning it over, and around in his mind. It's like he’s saying, "How can I bend this colour? How can I make it move?" You can almost feel the physical effort, can’t you? The hand moving, the brush pressing, the eye squinting. It's a reminder that painting isn't just about what you see, it’s about doing. It’s about working something out through colour and form. Artists like Hilma af Klint also explored this idea of geometric shapes, using them to represent spiritual concepts. They're all in conversation, you know? Artists, across time, just throwing ideas around, back and forth. And that's what makes painting so endlessly fascinating.