Relational Painting #65 — Fine Art

Relational Painting #65 - 1953 uses flat colour shapes and clear lines, a setup Fritz Glarner worked with for years. The composition splits into blocks that meet along hard edges. You read the space through the arrangement more than through a scene.

The fine art print goes straight onto a nail. The white frame gives this image a clear edge on the wall. That frame finish sits against the flat colour planes without pulling attention away from the shapes.

Over a kitchen counter you notice the geometry first, then the way the blocks sit beside each other. From the doorway the layout reads as a steady set of planes, not a busy surface.