The Fourth 'Book of Schemes'. Album #2, the First Folder 1978

Valerii Lamakh made this drawing, The Fourth 'Book of Schemes'. Album #2, the First Folder, with coloured pencils in the mid 20th Century. The artist has created a geometric figure with a series of colourful triangles. I can imagine him sketching and erasing, finding the figure through trial and error. Each line, each triangle, carefully considered. There is a tenderness in this careful, dedicated act. The work is part of a series or book. I wonder, what could he have been thinking when he made this? These lines are like pathways, each carefully connecting to the others, creating a network of relationships. I see other painters, like Hilma af Klint or Agnes Martin, who also used geometry as a way of mapping the universe or exploring inner states of consciousness. Artwork is like a conversation between artists across time. Lamakh's drawing invites us to ponder the beauty of geometric forms and the mysteries of human creativity, reminding us that artists are in ongoing dialogue with each other.