Rally in front of the Palace of Fine Arts 1920

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky made this piece, called "Rally in front of the Palace of Fine Arts", with what looks like watercolour and ink, and it's all about process. I mean, check out the surface—it's like he attacked the paper! He must have used a really fine nib to make the ink lines, and they swarm all over the surface of the painting. Then there’s that orangey-red colour, flooding the canvas, creating a real sense of unrest. Look at the crowd. Tiny figures, almost lost in the sea of colour. It reminds me of some of the drawings of Otto Dix—but even darker! It's a reminder that art is a conversation, always building on what came before, always open to new interpretations.