Krantenknipsel betreffende Richard Roland Holst Possibly 1939

This is an anonymous news clipping, probably from the early 20th century, pasted onto paper. What strikes me is how this everyday object – newsprint – becomes art. It's all about the contrast of textures: the rough, pulpy feel of the newsprint against the smoother, yellower paper it's glued to. Look at the edges, slightly torn and uneven. It makes me think about time and decay. My eye keeps getting drawn to the way the text is cut off at the bottom left. It's like a conversation that's been interrupted. A fragment. That incompleteness creates a sense of mystery – what's been lost? It reminds me of Kurt Schwitters, who used scraps of everyday life to make collages. Like Schwitters, this anonymous artist seems to be saying that anything can be art, even the discarded fragments of daily life. It’s a reminder that art is everywhere, if we just know how to look.