Black square, 7 surfaces
Bakuseli, Bapaneli, Bapaseku, Bocenali, Habakuro, Jebebuli, Kuhasije, Kulibase, Kuzibapo, Lirebero, Mabequxi, Paberoli, Perasequ, Pofalise, Raneliku, Requboma, Tebobali, Tikurane, Wequpace, Yipocena
2017

Media
Enamel on canvas

Dimensions
120 x 120 cm; 60 x 60 cm

Series
20

Artist’s remarks
Key to Titles

Each title refers to the first four colours in the painting, reading from left to right and top down. Each syllable consistsof a consonant for spectral hue and a vowel for lightness value. The colour circle is divided into sixteen hue ranges, which are coded as:

Violet
Blue
Cyan
Teal
Jade
Green
Hill
Dale
Zenith
Yellow or Lemon
School
Norange
Fire
Red
Magenta
Purple

Lightness is coded as :
K (black) or Q U O A E I White or X

Adjacent ranges are understood to overlap by half their width.

  –Jaan Poldaas Toronto, 2017




Copyright © 2025the Jaan Poldaas estate 
DesignJessica Rose 
FontNew York Sans, A2-TYPE
PhotographyToni Hafkenscheid c/o Birch Contemporary (unless otherwise credited)