Berkshire Downs 1974

Editor: Here we have André Bicât's "Berkshire Downs". It's an etching, and the scene feels so expansive, yet the details are minimal. What strikes you most about this landscape? Curator: It feels like a memory, doesn't it? Distant hills, muted tones... a red roof winks from below. It's as though Bicât is saying, "Remember this place, this feeling." What do you make of the sky? Editor: It looms, doesn't it? Sort of heavy. I get a sense of solitude. It makes me wonder what the landscape meant to Bicât personally. Curator: Perhaps it was a place of solace, or quiet contemplation. Maybe a love letter to the English countryside. Editor: I love that idea – a love letter. I hadn't considered that. Curator: Art invites that personal connection, that "aha!" moment. It's like finding a shared secret.