13. A Hollow or Bottom 

Editor: Here we have Alexander Cozens’ "13. A Hollow or Bottom," made sometime in the 18th century. It's a landscape in ink, and it feels incredibly raw and immediate. What do you see in this work? Curator: I see a landscape, yes, but also a challenge to the very notion of landscape as objective representation. Cozens was working in a time of empire, where landscapes were often used to justify colonial expansion, framing the world as something to be conquered. Editor: So, this abstraction is a kind of resistance? Curator: Precisely! By reducing the landscape to its barest forms, Cozens is questioning that power dynamic. What does it mean to truly *see* a landscape, rather than just possess it visually? Editor: That gives me a lot to think about, it's more revolutionary than I first thought. Curator: Indeed, art can disrupt dominant narratives.