UNTITLED (CAMEL) 1925

Here we have Alexander Calder's 'Untitled (Camel),' made with ink on paper. It looks so simple, yet it captures the essence of a camel in just a few strokes. For Calder, art was always about play and directness. I love how the thick, bold lines define the camel's form. Look at the way he uses the brush – each stroke feels so immediate and confident, nothing overworked. See how the black ink sits on the paper, almost floating? There’s a real physicality to the medium, and I can imagine Calder's hand moving quickly, trying to capture the animal's spirit, not just its shape. That blob of ink just above the knees of the front legs, it’s a summary of a knee, a shadow, a sense of weight, all at once. Calder was, of course, famous for his mobiles, but you can see a similar kind of energy in his drawings. It makes me think of Matisse, another master of the line, always searching for the most economical way to express form. Art, after all, is about a conversation across time, where artists find their own voices through the echoes of others.