For centuries, painting has utilized the impact of colors on the perception of space. Cool, light, or muted colors optically expand and deepen the space, while warm,
saturated colors feel closer to the viewer. In my paintings over the recent years, the foreground and background were relatively well-distinguished, though at times their roles were reversed.
In my latest works, the base—the “background”—itself creates a dynamic spatial effect through various colored bands. The virtually plastic, undulating ribbon appearing on this
base enriches the spatial experience by being “inscribed” into the colors of the background. Consequently, it emerges into the foreground in certain places or dissolves
into the background in others.
András Bernát