Circulate world! 2005

‘Circulate world!’ by Endre Bartos is an invitation into a world of interlocking shapes and vivid colors. Imagine Bartos standing before the canvas, brush in hand, building up this composition piece by piece. The forms in ‘Circulate world!’ remind me of Picasso, Léger, or maybe Stuart Davis. But Bartos is not simply copying—instead, he creates something entirely new, something distinctly his own. He is pushing the boundaries of abstraction while staying rooted in figuration. You can sense his enthusiasm for color, as the planes of red, yellow, and pink push against the blues and purples. Look how each color is neatly separated, yet creates a cohesive whole. Painting for Bartos feels like an act of discovery, of inventing a world through color and shape. And here we are, years later, still getting to experience it. I love the idea that we as artists and viewers are always in conversation with the past and with each other, inspiring new ways of seeing.