Vajda Lajos Domb Virágokkal 1939 425x600mm 1939

Vajda Lajos made this drawing, "Vajda Lajos Domb Virágokkal", in 1939. Look at the scratching and hatching of the marks, like he's trying to draw with thread. It makes you think about the slow accumulation of small gestures that eventually cohere into something bigger. I like the way Lajos uses line—the central mound, like a hill, is made up of these tiny parallel lines, packed so close together they create a field of tone. Then these cartoonish figures, with their long legs like antennae, hover above, connected by thin lines that feel like they’re almost an afterthought. For me, it's all about the relationships here, and the openness. Art is a conversation. There are echoes of Paul Klee in Lajos’s approach, but he’s pushing it somewhere entirely new. He keeps things ambiguous, allowing multiple interpretations to coexist.