Wenskaart van Kornél Révész 1933

This is Wenskaart van Kornél Révész, and it's a tiny black ink drawing of a house, or maybe a tiny house. It's got these scratchy, nervous lines, like the artist was thinking, thinking, thinking as he made it. You can imagine him, Kornél Révész, hunched over his work, trying to get it just right. I bet he was really into other painters, you know? Like he was trying to figure out what they were doing and then make his own version of it. The house is all wobbly, with a ladder leaning against it. The lines are so thin, but they still manage to create a sense of depth, like you could actually step into this little world. I love that about drawing. It's like you're making a whole world out of nothing. And you're inviting the viewer to come in and explore it with you. Artists, they're always talking to each other across time. They’re trying to figure out what it all means, this life, this art thing. It's all about the conversation.