Signály/Signals 1967

Jaroslav Kaiser made this print called Signals, but we don't know exactly when or with what materials. It's a puzzle of shapes and textures, like a code waiting to be deciphered. The color palette is grounded in earthy reds and blacks, with little hints of contrasting white. It’s like he's playing with the idea of what a signal even looks like. Is it a tower? A figure? A map? I love the way he layers different textures and tones, creating a push-and-pull between the foreground and background. The squares that appear at the heart of the image seem to represent windows in buildings, or letters in an alphabet. This print reminds me a little bit of some of the early modernist work by folks like Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, with its interest in industry and communication. Ultimately, art is a conversation across time, a way of thinking through images that keeps us all connected.