Moon and well 2019

Pavlo Makov made this "Moon and Well" print, size 41 x 24 cm, using etching, like scratching a memory into metal. The stark black and white feels like a dream seen in the dead of night. The way the light hits the textures in this print makes me think about process. Look at the way the black ink clings to the paper, thick in some places, almost disappearing in others. It’s like Makov isn't just depicting an image, but revealing a hidden landscape of ink and surface. My eye keeps returning to the stark white stripe that connects the moon and the well. It’s unnerving, this bridge between the celestial and the terrestrial. The image as a whole reminds me of Piranesi, but more intimate, like a personal mythology being built. It's as if, in art, we're always translating, interpreting, and scratching our own paths through the world.