An interest in both light and technology inspired Norman Zammitt’s signature paintings. Starting in the early 1970s, he created abstractions on canvas based purely on color, which he executed using computer-generated logarithms. Zammitt would weigh precise amounts of different colors on a scale, using five basic colors to create a total of 48 unique shades, which he then painted in order. These paintings, including Untitled, hover between landscape and pure abstraction while relying on scientific exactitude.
Exhibition label: Light, Space, Surface: Works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2021, Carol S. Eliel.
