Untitled 1991

Louise Bourgeois made this untitled print sometime during her long life using etching. It's all about the energy of the line, isn't it? I’m thinking about process here: the way Bourgeois let her hand wander and scratch these marks into the plate. Look at these loops, these big, bold marks. They’re kind of like eyes, or maybe targets. They sit on top of these fine straight lines that run across the image. It’s very graphic, very bold, but also kind of delicate. Etching allows for this quality, where the line is both fragile and strong. It reminds me a bit of Cy Twombly, with that similar tension of something raw and refined. In the end, it's all about the conversation that artists have, a bit of back and forth across time. It’s never just one voice.