[no title] 1995

Curator: This small, untitled print is the work of Per Kirkeby, who was born in 1938. It's held here at the Tate. Editor: It looks like a storm in ink. Those stark black lines against the pale background create such a raw, immediate impression. Curator: The etching process, with its biting acid, feels appropriate to the image. Kirkeby often explored themes of landscape and the structures within them. Editor: I see layers, like looking through tangled branches to glimpse some kind of… architectural ruins, perhaps? It feels both chaotic and meticulously constructed. Curator: Consider how the composition teeters between abstraction and representation. Kirkeby's art invites us to find that tension and hold it, just for a moment. Editor: It’s that precarious balance that makes it so engaging. Like a memory half-formed, or a place you've been that feels both familiar and utterly foreign.