Bandbox Design c. 1937

Lawrence Flynn designed this Bandbox Design using gouache and graphite on paper. Look at this high key blue! So saturated, it feels like looking up at a summer sky. The design feels both very flat and spatial at the same time. The trees, which look like they’re straight out of a children's book, create a kind of stage for our Goddess and her fantastic beasts. I keep coming back to the chariot wheel. Look how it’s not quite round, not quite lined up, like a wobbly, unstable, imperfect take on ancient Greek imagery. It reminds me of Elizabeth Murray, who always brings a casual approach to the most formal of subjects. To me, this piece is about accepting the happy accidents that come with making. It invites us to find beauty in the unexpected, in the wonky wheel, in the everyday.