Attempt for Versailles III 2006

Pavlo Makov made this print, 'Attempt for Versailles III,' with what looks like a mixed media technique, maybe etching and watercolor. I can imagine him building up this image bit by bit, like layering memories, and it gives the work a palimpsest-like quality. There’s a tension between the orderliness of the rows of trees and the more chaotic, blurred sections. I wonder if Makov was thinking about control versus chance, or the way that history is both structured and messy. The delicate lines remind me of Piranesi’s architectural prints, but with a more personal, almost dreamlike quality. You get the sense that the artist is in conversation with the past, but also forging his own path. This piece feels like a personal exploration, an attempt to capture something fleeting and complex. And that’s what makes it so compelling, because it is not just about Versailles, it’s about the act of trying itself. Isn't art just that, an ongoing experiment?