Wofür c. 1941

Karl Wiener's drawing features a person with outstretched arms, rendered in stark black lines. I can almost see the artist, hunched over the paper, intensely focused on each stroke, the lines coming together to create not just form, but also mood. The graphic style reminds me of German Expressionism, all sharp angles and high contrast. Those bold, converging lines behind the figure, they're like spotlights, but they also feel like forces, pressing in. What's going through Wiener's mind as he's making these marks? Maybe he's grappling with feelings of being trapped or exposed. It's a lonely feeling as the artist, you’re alone with the surface, battling it, making marks, responding to those marks until it is done. This piece really shows how a drawing can capture a whole emotional world in just a few lines. It's a reminder that art is often about searching and questioning.