The Angry Planet 1940

James Miekle Guy made this print, "The Angry Planet," using an unknown medium. The flat, graphic shapes and bold colors really grab you, don't they? It's a wild mix of figuration and abstraction. Look at the way he layers shapes and colors, it's like he's building up a whole cosmos from scratch. The texture is super smooth and uniform, probably achieved through a printmaking process. Notice the figures interacting with the cosmos. Those lines that create an outline around the head are everything! They remind me of thought bubbles. Guy's work kind of reminds me of Hilma af Klint, who was also diving deep into cosmic imagery and spiritual abstraction around the same time. It's like they were both tapping into the same universal frequency, and isn't that just so cool? I love the way that art opens up these little portals of perception, inviting us to see the world, and ourselves, in totally new ways.