Untitled 1970

Gego made this untitled drawing using ink on paper. It's kind of interesting how she’s using line to make a sort of net or web, and how that web seems to shift and move, almost breathing on the page. The texture and the color are really subtle, it's mostly about the off-white of the paper and the delicate dark gray lines. Look at how she varies the pressure and speed of her lines, some are darker and more confident, others are hesitant and broken. There's this one section in the middle where the lines get all wiggly and dense, like a little hiccup in the pattern. It feels like Gego is thinking about drawing as a process of mapping or building, like she's constructing a world with these tiny, precise marks. Her work reminds me of Agnes Martin in its quiet, meditative quality. Like both artists, Gego invites us to slow down, and really see the potential for variation and expression, even within the most minimal of means.