Orange-Grey I 1970

Editor: This is Jules Olitski’s *Orange-Grey I*, dimensions about 89 x 66 cm. I find it quite muted, with that orange blending subtly into grey. What’s striking to you about this work? Curator: Olitski, working in the late 60s, challenges the traditional notion of painting as a window. Here, it's an object, surface, and commodity. How do you think its reception may have been shaped by the rise of Pop Art? Editor: Pop Art focused on consumer objects. But this seems to reject that, doesn't it? Curator: Precisely! It critiques both high art and the growing commercialism within the art world itself. Olitski asks: What are we really valuing? Editor: So, it's a statement about art's place in society? I hadn't considered that before. Curator: Exactly. It prompts us to think about how institutions and trends influence what we consider "art."