Untitled 2021

This untitled artwork by EtchingRoom1 looks like it was etched using black ink. Imagine the artist bent over the plate, carefully drawing with a needle, line by line. I really feel the artist's hand in this piece! The composition is simple but odd. The two figures have these blank stares, which is echoed by the face on the television. Maybe they're all watching something? The space feels claustrophobic, flattened, and pushed up. The perspective is way off, and the artist doesn't seem to care. It's like they’re saying, "I'll draw the space how I see it." The more you look at it, the more the oddness comes alive. It reminds me of outsider art, or maybe folk art, where the rules are bent and broken. I wonder if EtchingRoom1 was looking at other artists when they made this, or if they just came to it all on their own. Either way, it’s a powerful statement about how we see and express ourselves.