Table 1941

Isadore Goldberg made this drawing of a table, and it makes me think about support. Imagine him drawing the table, the careful layering of color to give that surface a shine. It must have been difficult and required total concentration. The table feels both solid and somehow ethereal, floating. The question for me when I look at this is: how does something stand? How do you make something that holds other things? I think he was asking that too. I love that the feet are little paws. This drawing and the object it depicts makes me think of other artists like Medardo Rosso, who explored similar themes of weight and balance. The piece feels like a silent exchange across time and form. It reminds us that art is an ongoing conversation, where each artist builds upon the ideas of those who came before, or maybe like Goldberg, alongside.