Colored dash inserts (red/blue/white within yellow) Symbolism

Interruptions that create syncopation—like musical off‑beats or blinking city signals within steady flow.

Common Themes

Race & ethnicityThe modern lens: urban life & speedMimesis vs. abstraction (truth vs. artifice)Medium reflexivity (art about art)Everyday life as art (readymade, the ordinary)War & conflictLandscape & place

Artworks Featuring This Symbol

Broadway Boogie Woogie by Piet Mondrian

Broadway Boogie Woogie

Piet Mondrian (1942–1943)

Mondrian converts New York’s pulse into a <strong>vibrating grid</strong> of color. In place of black bars, intersecting <strong>yellow bands</strong> studded with red, blue, white, and light gray units generate a <strong>syncopated rhythm</strong> across wide white blocks that read as pauses and city blocks <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>.