Image de Soleil Froid 1949

Enrique Antunez Zanartú made *Image de Soleil Froid* - or Image of Cold Sun - with etching on paper. I can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the plate, digging into the surface, trying to get the right pressure and depth to hold the ink. Look at that mottled surface! It’s a real feat of texture. I wonder if Zanartú was thinking about the stark landscapes of Chile when he made this. The image has a kind of mythical, dreamlike quality, doesn’t it? That weird sun! And that shape on the left with the white dots trailing from it. Are they figures? Stars? Tears? I don't know, and I kind of like that. Zanartú allows for ambiguity, and it opens up a space for our own interpretations. I'm reminded of other artists who embraced the subconscious, like Miró or Klee. There’s an exchange happening here, a conversation across time, where artists inspire one another, even without knowing it.