Small Garden 1969

Editor: Berenice Sydney's "Small Garden," a print from 1969, is a fascinating puzzle of shapes. The blue ink and dense, intricate patterns create a hypnotic effect. What symbols do you see at play here? Curator: The symbols resonate with ancient cosmology: spirals, grids, and floral motifs. The grid, often symbolic of order, contains organic and chaotic forms, suggesting a tension. It makes you wonder if this is a reflection of a world observed, remembered, or imagined. Editor: So, it's not just a garden in the literal sense? Curator: Perhaps it's a garden of the mind, a landscape of memory where different cultural symbols converge. What feeling does the work evoke in you? Editor: That feeling of tension and trying to find recognizable shapes in a dense world. I’ll need to look more into how symbols carry all that. Curator: Yes, keep following the symbols and you will reveal the artwork's meaning.