Kolner Serie # 13 

Editor: Here we have Maria Bozoky’s ink drawing, "Kolner Serie #13.” It's monochrome, strikingly abstract, and full of potent lines and dark smudges that sort of build and suggest depth. What exactly are we looking at here? What jumps out at you? Curator: Ah, Bozoky! The beauty of this piece, isn't it? How it holds a controlled chaos? I think it speaks to that eternal struggle between order and the delightful, beautiful messiness of the world, or maybe the chaos of our minds. Tell me, do you feel the suggestion of architecture, or figuration trying to escape its rigid planes and constraints, bursting from within, perhaps? What resonates when you meet her gaze? Editor: I can see architecture, definitely. The kind that imprisons...but about the figure, I'm less sure...it also felt almost incidental, lost in the chaos you just mentioned. Curator: But even something incidental holds beauty, like catching a raindrop on a window pane or finding that missing sock! And isn't that like life sometimes, our selves, and relationships...trying to take form amongst the overwhelming and constant bombardment? Editor: I see your point! All these ink lines seem to create a dynamic, and uneasy energy in an ambiguous space. The longer I look at the lines, the more anxious the drawing becomes. Curator: Precisely! The agitation…It is less of a snapshot and more a visual record of thinking or being in thought, with line work that makes me imagine the scratching sounds the ink must have made. It feels deeply personal, wouldn't you agree? Like a peek inside Bozoky’s artistic soul? Perhaps her soul reflects Cologne. Editor: Yeah! And by letting us see that struggle, she actually makes it easier to consider my own artistic impulses. Thanks, this has changed my perspective! Curator: Ah, editor, thank *you*! Bozoky, and artists like her, invite us all to think freely. Never forget to follow where art may lead!