Max wijst een man de deur before 1948

Hans Borrebach made this pen and ink drawing called, ‘Max wijst een man de deur’ at some point in his career. I’m really taken by the boldness of the strokes here, how each line is so sure and unwavering, like a confident declaration on the page. Imagine Borrebach hunched over this very piece of paper, carefully plotting out each character, each shadow, each angle. Maybe he was thinking about old movies, the way light and dark can tell a whole story without words. The man being sent away has such a hard-boiled look about him – the hat, the suit, the sneer. He’s like a villain in a film noir, all sharp edges and hidden motives. It’s a real conversation between past and present, where one artist inspires another, and the ideas just keep flowing, morphing, and finding new ways to be seen. It’s this constant exchange that makes art so alive. There's no right or wrong way to interpret it, it's all about what you bring to the table, what you see in those lines and shadows.