Sketch of a Beach Cabana V 1950

Curator: This is Ellsworth Kelly's "Sketch of a Beach Cabana V," a seemingly simple pencil drawing. It's deceptively spare, almost like a musical score waiting to be played. Editor: The spiral-bound notebook format and the annotations actually pull me in more than a finished piece might. It's revealing the artistic process, the labor behind it. Curator: Exactly! You see the hints of color notes jotted down, almost a secret language. It's like peering into Kelly's mind as he reduces form to its essence. There's something so deeply private in these sketches. Editor: And it makes you wonder about the labor of leisure, doesn’t it? The cabana is, after all, a structure built for relaxation, yet it's being meticulously planned and rendered here. Curator: I find it calming, like a visual meditation. There's no pretense, just pure form. Editor: For me, the raw materiality of the notebook paper, and the visible workshopping, that resonates. It grounds the art in a real, tangible process.