Joab beseiges Sheba at Abel of Beth-maachah (II Samuel 20:15-22) 1923

Editor: This is Lovis Corinth’s "Joab beseiges Sheba at Abel of Beth-maachah," a drawing on paper. The frenetic, almost violent energy makes it feel incredibly immediate. What do you see in it? Curator: It’s like looking into a furious dream, isn’t it? The immediacy you feel comes from Corinth’s late style, loose and raw, after his stroke. Notice how the narrative is almost swallowed by the intensity of feeling. It’s less about the biblical siege, and more about the universal experience of conflict. It's all there, really. Raw emotion rendered in frantic lines. Editor: That’s so true! I hadn't considered that the medium and his emotion are intertwined. Curator: Art is so often like that, isn't it? A reflection, a refraction... a revelation.