Alley 2012

Reza Rahimi Lasko made this drawing, Alley, with pencil on paper. You can almost feel the give of the graphite, the way it smudges and catches on the paper. I like to imagine the artist outside, carefully observing the layers of shadow and light, mapping them out with delicate lines. This drawing feels like an act of quiet observation, a translation of a moment in time. There's something so tender about the way the artist has rendered the figure leaning against the wall. It reminds me that drawing is so fundamentally human – it’s about seeing, feeling, and translating that into a tangible form. It's a conversation between the artist, the subject, and the viewer. And who knows what they're saying to each other?