Untitled (colours already used by artists) | Collection Co–selection

Paweł Susid's Untitled (colours already used by artists) painting employs a schematic summary of iconic works from the history of art and colours attributed to famous artists – it actually seems to be a joke. But what might Susid be joking about?

Veronese green [viridian] is a specific shade of blue-green that can be seen in the paintings Lucretia or the Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto by Paolo Veronese, an Italian Renaissance painter. Yves Klein, the author of monochrome blue paintings, used a characteristic shade of blue that he invented himself. Susid also assigns him the colour gold, which appeared in Klein’s conceptual-performative activities. Alexander Rodchenko, one of the leading representatives of Russian Constructivism, in 1921 created the famous triptych: Pure Red Colour, Pure Yellow Colour, Pure Blue Colour. Black and white are the colours of Black Square – the most famous work of Kazimir Malevich.

Is Susid looking for his own colour? Or is he being ironic about what new and truly original things can artists bring to art? The texts in Susid’s paintings indicate that the thoughts conveyed are also important to him. Because of this, his manner of expression resembles the language of the poster (but without being too literal). He uses words to indicate selected phenomena and invites the viewer to reflect on them further.