skitse af netfisker 1920 - 1924

This is a drawing of a net fisherman by Gudrun Traustedt. It's made with pen on graph paper. Can you imagine her, quickly drawing this figure, trying to catch an attitude, a mood? I love the economy of the marks, the fisherman rendered with just a few lines, yet somehow conveying movement and purpose. There is a lovely lightness about it, as if we are seeing a memory, caught on the page, fleeting but so evocative. There’s a wonderful sense of space and scale achieved through minimal means. Think of other artists who did so much with so little, like Giacometti's drawings. It's like Traustedt is in conversation with all of them, across time, inspiring their creativity, and being inspired in turn. It’s about mark making. The beauty of drawing lies in this ambiguity, this openness to multiple readings. It’s not about fixing a single meaning, but about creating a space for dialogue, where the viewer becomes a participant in the ongoing process of interpretation.