Painel de azuulejos de padrão 1981

This is a pattern in blue and gold tiles by Eduardo Nery. You can tell that he was interested in hard-edged abstraction, but also in how the different tiles come together and make an impact. Imagine the artist carefully painting each tile, deciding how the gold lines should meet the blue squares, and thinking about how the composition would shift and change, tile by tile. I wonder if he felt like he was building something, like a bricklayer, or maybe felt like he was creating something infinitely expandable. Repetition can do that, right? It can be boring, or it can create a sense of rhythm and surprise. The blue really vibrates against the gold. And then, with each tile, the artist seems to be asking a question about how these two colours can meet and shape something new. That's what artists do, really. They are in constant dialogue, cross-referencing one another’s ideas and experimenting with the endless possibilities of painting!