Back from Bololand 1905

Louis Glackens made this print called 'Back from Bololand'. Just look at this big guy with the crazy turban, right? I can almost feel Glackens making this, getting into character. I can feel him leaning into his subject, improvising the whole thing with ink on paper. This is someone wrestling with big ideas, and trying to make them feel really physical, even visceral. There's a push and pull. It makes me wonder about the history here and how it resonated then. The image is a snapshot of a particular viewpoint, one among many possible ways of seeing. This print is connected to a larger conversation about art, culture, and politics, how artists respond to the moment, and how their images continue to speak across time, provoking new thoughts, feelings, and reactions.