Spoon Holder 1935 - 1942

Anthony Zuccarello made this drawing of a spoon holder with graphite on paper. I love how the texture here is all implied. Zuccarello uses shading and light to conjure the feeling of glass without actually rendering the details. The drawing isn't about the spoon holder itself, but more the way light dances on its surface. Look at the hexagons running around the body of the piece. Each one catches the light a little differently, suggesting the complex, faceted surface. There’s a real pleasure in how the artist transforms something so ordinary into a play of light and shadow, a visual riddle. It reminds me a little of the way Giorgio Morandi transformed simple bottles into monumental, abstract forms. Both artists invite us to see the world anew, finding beauty in the everyday, proving that art is not just about what we see, but how we see it.