Bandontwerp voor: Margit Ravn, Alles komt terecht (min søster og din søster), 1937 before 1937

Hans Borrebach made this poster design for Margit Ravn’s ‘Alles Komt Terecht’ in 1937, and it's a real celebration of process! The colours are applied in these big, flat shapes - blocks of cornflower blue, royal blue and lavender which give you the feeling that this was about getting it down, getting it done, and getting it out there. The figures themselves are like paper cut-outs, they have these hard edges, but at the same time, there's a fluidity to the forms, like they're caught in mid-motion. It’s like Borrebach is saying, “Here’s the essence of dance, the feeling of rhythm!” The gestures are everything. Look at the man’s hand – it's not about anatomical correctness, it's about conveying the feeling of reaching, of pulling someone in. It reminds me a little of Matisse's paper cut outs, in that there’s this sense of joy in the simplicity and directness of the marks. Of course, Borrebach was working in a very different context to Matisse, with the urgency of commercial art, but it has a similar feeling of exuberance and economy of form. Ultimately, it's a reminder that art isn’t about perfection, it's about expression, and about capturing a moment in time.