Plan for ophængning af gobelinner med folkevisemotiver i Dronningens sal på Christiansborg 1920 - 1926

This is Joakim Skovgaard's sketch for hanging tapestries in the Queen's Hall at Christiansborg. It's a simple idea, mapped out with just a few lines on paper, some notes jotted in the margins. I imagine Skovgaard thinking through the space, how these tapestries might interact with the architecture. Maybe he was considering the stories the tapestries would tell, the feeling they would bring to the room. I often think about how artists work with this tension between planning and intuition. This sketch is so basic, it's all potential, all about what might be. It’s not precious, you know? Just a tool for thinking. But in its simplicity, it’s really beautiful, a direct line to the artist’s thought process. It reminds me that so much of art is just this: a conversation with oneself, a way of figuring things out. We're all just problem-solving, in the end, trying to make sense of the world around us.