Holding I 1974

Jonathan Grant Meader made this print, Holding I, with, I think, screenprinting— a process with a unique touch. It's a bit like those old Warhol prints, where the color lies flat but still feels handmade, you know? The image is simple: a door, slightly ajar, opening onto a landscape with geometric tents and a sky patterned with triangles. It's all so deliberate, yet the overall effect is dreamlike. What I find especially striking is the way Meader uses color. That bright green in the foreground, the blue of the floor, and the purple of the door—they clash a little, but in a way that creates a really vibrant tension. And then there's that door. That open door. It makes me think of Magritte and his surreal visions, but also of the way Guston used to draw those clunky, cartoonish objects. It is an invitation, but to what? Maybe it's an invitation to imagine your own little world, through that doorway, that feels both familiar and strange.