Vajda Lajos Házak Felett 1937 1937

Vajda Lajos made this print, "Házak Felett," or "Houses Above" in 1937 using etching, it seems. The piece feels dreamlike, like a memory fading in and out of focus. The way Lajos layers the houses, almost translucent, reminds me of palimpsests, where old texts are scraped away but still faintly visible beneath new writing. Look at the dark, hovering shape above the houses. It’s so strange and ambiguous, like a thought that's hard to grasp. The texture overall is granular, almost like the surface of a stone, giving the image a sense of age and history. Notice how the lines scratch and stutter, revealing the effort and the hand of the artist. This print reminds me a bit of Paul Klee, another artist who explored the boundaries between abstraction and representation. Both artists create worlds that are both familiar and strange, inviting us to question what we see and how we see it. Ultimately, Lajos's "Houses Above" is a testament to the power of art to evoke feeling and thought, even in the absence of clear or fixed meanings.