White Smile 2010

Bruno Jakob gave us “White Smile”. I wonder what form his work takes, how is it made? This piece hangs like a thought bubble, or maybe a little blank screen, right? It's floating in space, weightless. You almost want to reach out and touch it, see if it's real. I can imagine Bruno in his studio, meticulously figuring out how to make something so ephemeral and delicate exist in the real world. Maybe he’s thinking about the relationship between the physical and the non-physical, or maybe he’s just trying to make us smile. There's something so simple and pure about it, yet so profound. It reminds me of Agnes Martin’s subtle paintings. Artists are always talking to each other across time!