Study for "Accumulated Vision, Series II" 1976

Barry Le Va made this drawing on paper for "Accumulated Vision, Series II". Look at these lines, like scattered thoughts mapped out in space. You can almost feel Barry puzzling through how to make something in three dimensions. There's a kind of tentative quality to the drawing, a real sense of process laid bare. I wonder what he was thinking as he drew each line, each point, each plane? For me, it speaks to a broader conversation artists have across time, each one building on what came before, pushing ideas forward. And like any good conversation, it embraces ambiguity and uncertainty. You can try to pin down exactly what it means, but really, it's about opening up possibilities. That is what makes the work so alive.