Jongetje 1900 - 1922

This stereograph, "Jongetje," was created by Robert Julius Boers, using a photographic process. You know, looking at this small, sepia-toned image, I’m struck by how Boers has captured a sense of immediacy. It's all about the texture and how the light reveals it. The image is small, so you really have to lean in. The grainy quality of the photograph almost feels like a painting, a little like Twombly’s scrawls. This gives the whole scene a dreamy, almost abstract feel. The boy himself is just a few soft lines. It reminds me that art-making is about a dialogue across time, a visual conversation. Even within one artwork, there are layers of exchange – between the artist, the subject, and us, the viewers. Art isn’t just about answers; it’s about embracing questions.