Untitled 1993

Moshe Kupferman made this "Untitled" painting, and it feels like he's building up and scraping away layers of memory. The colours are muted, almost ghostly, and the grid-like structure is so fascinating because it’s both there and not there. Look at how Kupferman applies the paint – thin washes, scratches, erasures. He's kind of building a structure and then undermining it, questioning it. In the lower part of the painting, these dark, vertical strokes feel almost like a barrier, but one that's permeable, dissolving. It's easy to imagine how a painter like Agnes Martin, with her quiet grids and subtle colour, might be a reference point. Like Martin, Kupferman embraces ambiguity, understanding that art isn't about fixed meanings but about the ongoing, ever-evolving conversation.