Ghost III 1971

Curator: What a subtle piece this is. Alistair Grant's Ghost III. It's like a whisper on paper. Editor: It feels more like a diagram fading from memory, or perhaps a residue of something that was once present. There’s a quiet tension between the grid and the amorphous shapes. Curator: Absolutely, the grid imposes a structure, while the shapes...they seem to float, barely there, like echoes. I find it quite moving; it reminds me of half-remembered dreams. Editor: The ghostliness evokes ideas around erasure, perhaps of identities, or historical narratives that have been systematically ignored. Curator: Yes, or maybe it's about the way we perceive reality, always coloured by our own experiences, never quite solid. Grant leaves it beautifully open to interpretation. Editor: I see it as a prompt to reflect on what is unseen, unacknowledged, and the power dynamics that dictate what remains visible. Curator: It’s fascinating how a piece so minimal can hold so much. It reminds us that the most powerful art often resides in suggestion, in the space between things. Editor: Precisely; it is in these silences that we find room to question, to resist, and to reimagine.