[title not known] 1972

Editor: This is an untitled work by John Piper, currently held in the Tate collection. The colours are quite muted, blues and browns mostly. What do you see in this piece? Curator: I'm struck by the architectural forms faintly emerging. Are they arches? Piper was fascinated by the cultural memory embedded in architecture. These could symbolize resilience, endurance. Editor: So the arches represent strength through time? Curator: Potentially. Consider their fragmented nature. Perhaps it's a reflection on the ruins of the past, still informing the present. What do you think? Editor: I never considered the arches as ruins, but that’s an interesting reading. Curator: Indeed. The image serves as a palimpsest where different layers of time and meaning come together.