Street Scene c. 1925

George Grosz made this drawing, a 'Street Scene', with ink on paper. Look at the lines scratching across the page, like the city's nerves are exposed. Grosz coaxes this image into being, layering, erasing, starting again, feeling his way through the chaos. You know, drawing like this feels like an archeological dig, uncovering the hidden layers of the city and its inhabitants. What might he have been thinking when he made it? Grosz's marks are agitated, anxious. See the way he repeats and distorts the figures, suggesting a fractured reality. The city becomes a character itself, looming and oppressive. Those lines above, are they rain? Or tears? Grosz was part of a larger conversation, alongside artists like Otto Dix, grappling with the trauma of war and the moral decay of society. But it is not just about the subject. Ultimately this drawing is about the artist's own struggle to make sense of it all. Painting is like that, an ongoing dialogue across time, inspiring and challenging us to see the world in new ways.