Table 1935 - 1942

Bernard Gussow created this 'Table', date unknown, with what appears to be pencil on paper. It's a design, but it's also a drawing – a translation of an idea, or maybe an image, into a plan. The lines are so delicate; it feels like the piece is only just there, like a ghostly apparition of a table appearing before us. The pencil marks feel provisional, allowing space for decisions to be made, for the design to be adapted and changed. Look at how these pale marks hover on the warm paper; the sense of touch is amazing, isn’t it? It's interesting to consider the relationship between Gussow’s work and Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings, or even Blinky Palermo’s spare renderings of shapes. Although these artists occupy seemingly different territories, they share an interest in the architecture of space and a process-oriented way of working. Ultimately, art invites us to see and think in new ways, embracing the ambiguity and endless possibilities that lie within each piece.