Gezicht op: Atelier c.s. en Groote materialengoedang met deel fabrieksgebouw. October 1926. 1926

This is "View of: Studio c.s. and Groote materialengoedang with part of factory building" made in October 1926 by an anonymous artist. Look at this factory; the artist is looking down at a grey world. What are they thinking as they depress the button of the camera? The texture in the piece is palpable, isn't it? This is all about surfaces, and the surface is a flat photograph. But I bet if you saw the factory in real life, the factory would have a great texture too. You can see the artist trying to give a realistic account, but the image is more an idea, a sketch of industrialization. It’s like the artist is speaking to you, saying, "This is what I saw; what do you think?" It's this kind of exchange that keeps the conversation of art going, you know?