Small World 1914

Paul Klee made this print called 'Small World', and wow, it's a whole universe crammed into a tiny frame! I can almost feel the artist's hand moving, etching and scraping away at the plate, building up all these layers of marks. Look at the way he creates these tiny little figures. There's this push and pull between abstraction and figuration. I bet Klee was having a blast creating these small beings and placing them carefully next to each other. It makes me wonder what he thought of the world and how people live together. It’s like a conversation between different forms, each mark responding to the last. It reminds me of the work of other artists who try to capture the feeling of being alive and of being in the world. All of these artists – myself included – are in an ongoing conversation. Each of us adds something new, inspired by those who came before us.