Opus 54 A 1967

Hans Hinterreiter made "Opus 54 A" with some pigment and a lot of math. You know, when I look at this, I can imagine him thinking about the relationship between color and form, like a puzzle that needs solving. I feel for him, because when you're in the studio, wrestling with shapes and colors, it's like you're trying to make sense of the world, one brushstroke at a time. The red jumps out, doesn't it? Like a burst of energy against the quiet darkness. And those sharp triangles, they make me think of Mondrian, but with a twist. It’s like Hinterreiter took the precision of geometric abstraction and then gave it his own personal spin, and that one gray triangle in the corner, what's that about? But isn’t that what art is all about? Sharing ideas and finding your own way to say something new?