I've seen a lot of paintings by Albers, often singly, over half the world. They are always amazingly beautiful. This is especially true of Rothko too, although the nature of his work is different. There is a certain nice quality in some art and literature that is calm and friendly, even light, and absolutely realistic about the nature of humanity and life. It's not cold at all or somber and certainly not nostalgic; it's very much about being alive/ In literature this can be seen in Tugenev, Tolstoy, and Chekhov and in most of the Russians. And in Hardy. In art, some ancient Greek sculpture is like this, like the light itself which moves across the surface, especially metopes, for example those in Palermo from Selinunte. especially the of of Apollo behind his four horses from Temple C.
Except from "Joseph Albers," By Donald Judd, 1991
