Untitled 2020

This photograph, snapped by EtchingRoom1 around 2016, captures something so simple, almost austere. It's like a page torn from a manual, but there’s a quiet observation here, a focus on the physicality of the concrete block and its geometric pattern. The texture is rough, almost gritty, it is as if you can feel it. That little strip of numbers stuck to the surface; I wonder what that’s about? And the way the light catches the edges, it gives the whole thing a kind of sculptural presence. You know, it's funny, I’m reminded of the American artist Agnes Martin and her subtle, grid-like compositions, but here, it's not a painting, it's just this humble, unassuming object. Ultimately, it's the kind of image that makes you think about the beauty that can be found in the everyday.