Form and Content: The Shape of Discourse #2 Giovanni Anceschi, graphic designer, theoretician 1995

Morgan O'Hara made "Form and Content: The Shape of Discourse #2" with what looks like ink on paper. The mark is sitting right there in the middle of the page, stark and bold, and it makes me think about how something so small can hold so much weight. When I look at the texture, I see a wet-on-dry kind of situation. It's like the ink was laid down quickly, allowed to spread and bleed just a bit. This creates dark, concentrated areas but also softer, feathered edges. There is a drip-like element at the top of the mark that suggests a quick gesture, a decisive movement. It reminds me a bit of Franz Kline's gestural abstractions, but with a twist. Where Kline's work is expansive and covers the canvas, O'Hara’s mark is contained. It's like a single word in a vast, silent conversation. It makes me think about how we can find meaning in the simplest of forms. Art isn't about answers; it's about asking the right questions.