Lake 1846

Curator: Edmund Koken's "Lake" presents a striking waterside landscape, a tableau of nature rendered in monochrome. Editor: It’s so dramatic, isn’t it? I feel a certain stillness and solemnity. A storm is coming, perhaps? Curator: I agree. There's a potent use of chiaroscuro, that interplay of light and dark. The gnarly trees almost seem like silent sentinels, guarding the shore. Trees often symbolize resilience and a connection between the earthly and spiritual realms. Editor: Absolutely. And that lake—or is it the sea?—stretches out to some unknown horizon. This place feels both real and utterly dreamlike. Curator: Well, Koken captures that delicate balance perfectly. It’s a landscape, but it’s also a state of mind. Editor: Precisely, and what a mind to explore.