Blank 1864 - 1941

Here we have a blank page by Niels Larsen Stevns at the SMK. Imagine him holding the book, feeling its weight, turning the pages, perhaps with a sense of anticipation or maybe even hesitation. This page is a kind of invitation. It’s where a painter, a writer, a dreamer, can begin. It reminds me that every mark we make, every brushstroke or word, starts with that initial moment of daring to break the blankness. It’s scary! But it’s also full of potential. I wonder what Stevns was thinking. Maybe he was thinking that nothing is something, and something is nothing. That is how the whole dance of art begins, I suppose! It’s about artists borrowing from each other, riffing off ideas, and keeping the conversation going, right? This blank page embodies this continuous, open-ended exchange.