Garment Center, New York c. 1928

Margaret Lowengrund made this print of the Garment Center in New York, with etching, and it’s like she’s built a whole world out of lines. It's a process of layering, scratching, and then inking that feels both deliberate and kind of wild. Look at how she describes those buildings, right? It’s all about the texture and the grit. It's not just about showing us what's there but giving us a feel for it, the way the city air hangs heavy, almost visible. Then there’s that dark, almost solid pillar on the right – it’s like she’s saying, here’s the weight of it all, the sheer density of New York. There’s a vulnerability in the mark-making, it reminds me of Piranesi, but there's also something incredibly contemporary about how she’s seeing the city, not as some monument but as a place that’s constantly being made and remade.