Sol y Luna 1945

This is an etching, an intaglio print, by Mauricio Lasansky. The stark contrast of dark lines against a light ground, the swirling shapes and intense energy – it makes me think of what it must’ve been like to hold that tool and dig into the plate, pulling lines out of nothing. Lasansky was a master printmaker who pushed the boundaries of the medium. Just look at this! There’s something almost violent in the way the lines scratch and claw at the surface, revealing figures that seem to emerge from the depths of the subconscious. The layering of lines creates depth and texture, a kind of visual density that mirrors the complexity of human experience. I can almost see Lasansky wrestling with the image, coaxing it into being through a process of trial and error, intuition and refinement. He's in conversation with artists like Picasso and Goya, but forging his own path, pushing the language of abstraction to express something deeply personal and resonant. These artists are all in it together, you know?