Venice 1916

Here's Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva's Venice, a woodcut print that’s all about these sharp, contrasting marks. I can almost feel her hands on the woodblock, carefully carving out each line with precision, yet with a kind of intuitive freedom. Imagine her standing there, maybe in her studio, or even *en plein air*, trying to capture Venice with just black and white. You can sense the city's strange energy, its architecture, the way it rises from the water – it's so evocative, right? It’s a translation of Venice, and it also reminds me of some of the other great printmakers, like Dürer. That gondola gliding through the water is just *chef's kiss*. It’s all about the relationship between the light and the dark, the solid structures and their reflections, offering different ways of seeing and experiencing the world. There are so many ways to paint—and print—a city.