[no title] 1975 - 1976

Curator: This artwork, by Antonio Saura, is undated but held in the Tate collections; it's an ink drawing directly onto a page of a newspaper. First impressions? Editor: Chaotic, like a disturbed dream struggling to surface. The frenetic lines seem to be fighting against the rigid grid of the newspaper print. Curator: Precisely. Saura often repurposed everyday materials. Here, the newspaper becomes both ground and context, elevating a disposable object. Editor: It makes you wonder, what were these job ads? Were these figures searching for work, too, in a different kind of marketplace? A kind of purgatory. Curator: An apt point. The contrast underscores a tension between the structured, material world and the raw, subjective expression. Editor: It gives voice to the silent anxieties buried beneath the headlines, doesn't it? Curator: Indeed, a powerful reminder of art's ability to unearth hidden narratives. Editor: It’s a wild dance between the mundane and the monstrous. I love it.