Female image 1975

This "Female Image" is a drawing made with ink on paper by Hryhorii Havrylenko. The line here is so confident and spare! It’s as if the artist already knew what he wanted before he started. Look at the mouth, how it's described with just a few dashes, but it gives you everything you need. The lines defining the hair have this lovely, easy rhythm, almost like a dance. It makes you think about how much can be said with so little. When I look at this, I’m reminded of Matisse’s drawings. Both artists share this incredible ability to capture the essence of a form with such minimal means. In the end, it's not about perfection but about capturing a feeling, a moment, with a kind of radical honesty.