In Gerhard Richter’s entrancing ‘Ifrit’ (2010), the dynamic interactions and mixtures of poured bright yellow, blue and red enamel paints are frozen under a sheet of clear glass, transforming an ephemeral composition into a motionless, eternal piece. The various textures and colour interactions are particularly striking: on the painting's left, the paint works vertically, creating seemingly three-dimensional folds while on its right the paint distributes in ripples as red and yellow pigments meet to create bubbles and wrinkles.