Four Hearts 1969

Jim Dine made this print, "Four Hearts", and he filled it with a whole lotta love. You can see the artist's process clearly, and it's all about the physical stuff. Look at the surface – it's got this wild mix of textures! The hearts themselves are big and bold, right? But then you've got all these little pebble-like shapes around them, each with its own color and feel. It's like Dine is building up this world, layer by layer. I’m drawn to the heart in the lower left corner. It’s pink. It seems to have a yellow border which contrasts with the red, the colour you’d expect a heart to be. This play with colour and expectation is interesting, it suggests that love can be more than we expect it to be. Dine's always playing with these everyday objects, turning them into something more. Think about how Warhol took soup cans and Brillo boxes. With "Four Hearts", Dine is taking this universal symbol of love and giving it a whole new life. It reminds me that art is just an ongoing conversation, each artist building on what came before, and adding their own twist.