Untitled 1919

Kurt Schwitters made this untitled print using an unknown medium, giving us a high-contrast world of black and white. It feels like a conversation between order and chaos, doesn't it? Looking at the stark contrast, I'm drawn to how the white lines slice through the dark spaces, creating shapes that are both recognizable and abstract. There’s this circle, or maybe a wheel, that keeps trying to emerge from the chaos. It’s like Schwitters is showing us how structure can arise from the mess, or maybe how it’s always on the verge of dissolving back into it. I wonder if he used a linocut to make this? Schwitters, like the Dadaists he was associated with, reminds me of Picabia, who also loved to play with abstraction and representation, never letting us get too comfortable with one way of seeing. It's a reminder that art, at its best, keeps us questioning, exploring, and finding new ways to look at the world.