[no title] 1995

Curator: This intriguing print comes to us from Per Kirkeby. Though untitled, it resides in the Tate collections, a striking example of his graphic work dating to 1995. It's a small image, just under 20 by 14 centimeters. Editor: It feels like peering into a fractured memory, doesn't it? The stark black lines against the pale ground – almost like looking at the world through broken glass. Very evocative. Curator: Indeed. Kirkeby, with his background in geology, often brought an awareness of layered strata to his art. Here, those horizontal lines could represent geological formations or perhaps the blurring of time itself. Editor: I see also these concentrated shapes floating above the lines -- they feel like cairns or perhaps even broken cartouches, their meanings obscured but their presence undeniable. It speaks to a fragmented, primal past. Curator: Perhaps Kirkeby is suggesting that these echoes of history are always with us, just beneath the surface. Editor: Well, whatever the meaning, it's an image that lingers, prompting us to piece together our own narrative. Curator: Absolutely, it's a space where the personal and the symbolic truly converge.