Untitled. Winter Album 2016

This image from Kinder Album, made with what looks like ink and watercolor, just knocks me out. The lines are so simple and casual, yet they capture this whole odd scene with so much personality, a weird story emerges. There's this tension between the flat, almost childlike rendering and the raunchy subject matter. The snowman with his bucket hat and cigarette smoke floating away, he's like a character from a kid's book, but then you notice he is being straddled by a nude woman. She looks so bored, staring off into space. The lines that form the woman's body are really great, especially the way her back curves. It all feels very honest and unapologetic. Like the artist is just putting it all out there, whatever weird thoughts pop into their head. I see echoes of artists like Guston, who also embraced a kind of raw, unfiltered approach to image making. The best art for me is always that which embraces the unexpected and allows for multiple readings.