Bright Angel Trail 1922

Gustave Baumann made "Bright Angel Trail", and its warm sunny colour makes me think of the desert. You know, the kind of light that almost vibrates off the rock. There is something interesting about the way the canyons are constructed in simple colour blocks. It's almost a minimalist approach, but the texture and the way the light hits the rocks, it's still there. I think of artists like Agnes Martin, who also pared things down to their essence, but in a very different way. Where Martin is all about quiet contemplation, Baumann is a little more... celebratory? Both artists are embracing abstraction, but with totally different aims. It shows you how much you can do with so little.