Untitled 1953

Hans Bellmer made this drawing with graphite, but it’s the openness of the lines and the kind of searching he’s doing, that really catches my eye. It's all process, all the time. There's such a rawness, isn't there? You can almost feel him working through his ideas, right there on the page. Look at the way the figures are constructed—or deconstructed, really—with these delicate, almost tentative lines. See how he’s marked out the page with a grid? It’s like he is mapping out a space, a space of possibility. Each mark feels so direct, so intimate, it’s almost like you can hear the scratch of the pencil. The way he builds up tone with these fine lines, especially around the figures, gives them weight. Bellmer reminds me of Guston. You know, Philip Guston? That shared sense of unease, that willingness to confront the darker aspects of the human psyche. Ultimately, this drawing is less about answers and more about questions. It is about inviting us into a space of uncertainty and ambiguity, where fixed meanings dissolve and new possibilities emerge.