CUBE

In the early ’80s, the die was cast—in the form of the Cube. It quick­ly became clear that the solu­tion to this magic was math­e­mat­i­cal. A “cre­ative” solu­tion only led to frus­tra­tion. Those who were good at math were soon the heroes of solv­ing the cube. And then it was only about how fast you could solve it. I never solved it. And that was okay.

The hype around the Cube con­cerned cer­tain types of people, and I wasn’t one of them. It wasn’t my thing to impress girls, or friends, with the Cube. My list of pur­suits was dif­fer­ent. But I paid the skill respect and recog­ni­tion. That a toy would one day make it into a pos­i­tive cul­ture of memory wasn’t clear to me back then.
From today’s per­spec­tive, the Cube, like the hula hoop, the Fris­bee, the hacky sack, the Tam­agotchi, and many other crazes, was the hype of the ’80s. What stands out is that every era has its hype and that a hype rarely returns in the same form. Each gen­er­a­tion seems to iden­ti­fy only with its own hype. It’s the same with music, fash­ion, and many other things. Every gen­er­a­tion has its own iden­ti­fi­ca­tion. The Cube is a face of the ’80s. That’s why it must not be miss­ing from the gallery of my generation’s pos­i­tive cul­ture of memory. And it isn’t.

The art­work “Cube” can be pur­chased only online via my web­site and the art store. Simply fill out the online form or send me an email. You’ll prompt­ly receive a writ­ten quote and a pos­si­ble deliv­ery date.

Canon Fine-Art inkjet print on pre­mi­um Hah­nemüh­le Photo Rag 308 gsm paper. Art­work size freely selec­table: from at least 20 × 20 cm up to 120 × 120 cm. Mount­ed on 2 mm alu­minum Dibond with a white wooden shadow-gap frame. Pricing/quote on request, depend­ing on size and quantity.