Studie 1906 - 1945

This drawing by Reijer Stolk is an adventure in seeing, a dance between the seen and unseen. I imagine Stolk with a stick of charcoal in hand, coaxing these pale lines onto the paper's surface. He has let the shapes emerge intuitively, almost by accident, like finding figures in clouds. Do you see the faint marks? It’s like he is saying, “Here’s something, but what is it? Is it nothing?” He seems to be wrestling with the very act of representation. Stolk's drawing reminds me of my own process, always searching, never quite arriving. But it is precisely in this space of uncertainty that art thrives, pushing us to question and to look anew. Every artist is in conversation with those who came before, riffing off their ideas, challenging their assumptions, and adding their own unique voice to the mix.