Cross for Me - Kiss for You 2000

Editor: This is Bob Law’s "Cross for Me - Kiss for You." The stark contrast is striking, and the lines are almost vibrating. What do you make of this piece? Curator: I see a focus on the industrial processes. The simple forms speak to mass production, and the title suggests a transaction, a kind of commodity exchange. How does the materiality of the print – the paper, the ink – inform your understanding? Editor: I hadn't considered the printing process itself! It makes me think about the artist’s hand versus mechanical reproduction. Curator: Precisely! Law seems to be questioning those very boundaries. He's presenting a simplified form while hinting at the complex means of its creation and distribution. Editor: That’s fascinating. I’ll definitely look at prints differently now. Curator: Consider how the art itself becomes a product, subject to market forces.