Stående model, torso vendt mod højre 1927 - 1929

Aristide Maillol made this drawing of a standing model, torso turned to the right, with graphite on paper. It is just lines on paper, but those lines feel like a caress and I feel like I can imagine the warmth of flesh on the surface. Maillol, I imagine you, trying to capture the essence of the human form with such simplicity. You must have seen a million figures, and yet you're still searching, aren't you? A bit like Cezanne, he kept going back to the same subject matter. There's something comforting in that doggedness. It's like a conversation, this drawing. A conversation with the model, with the history of art, with himself. And now, with us. It’s a reminder that art is not just about what you see, but about how you see it.