Soldiers 1961

Misch Kohn made this artwork called 'Soldiers' with ink or paint, who knows, really? It’s all about the marks, the drips, and the way the brown and black inks kinda bleed into the paper. You can almost feel Kohn hovering over the surface, coaxing those heads and bodies out of the ether, one stroke at a time. I keep thinking about how vulnerable this feels – laying it all out there, mistakes and all. But that's what gives it such a powerful, raw emotion, you know? The faces are really looming, and the way the bodies are kind of fragmented makes me wonder what was going through Kohn's head at the time. Were they thinking about power, or maybe loss? The cool thing is, it doesn't have to be either/or. Painting isn't just about answers. It is about the questions. It's about being part of this big, ongoing conversation with other artists, bouncing ideas off each other across time.