[no title] by Naum Gabo

[no title] 1968 - 1970

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Dimensions: image: 303 x 239 mm

Copyright: The Work of Naum Gabo © Nina & Graham Williams/Tate, London 2014 | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate

Editor: So, this untitled piece is by Naum Gabo. It's an abstract print, all in dreamy blues, and evokes a sense of calm. What do you see in this work? Curator: It whispers of Gabo's Constructivist spirit, doesn't it? Those interlocking shapes, almost like glimpses of movement caught mid-air. I wonder, is he showing us the bones of form, the energy lines beneath what we perceive? Editor: Hmm, energy lines. It does have a feeling of underlying motion. Curator: Maybe he's inviting us to look beyond the solid, to find beauty in the ephemeral, in the very act of becoming. It almost feels like looking at the blueprint of a flower. Editor: A blueprint of a flower, I like that! I never would have thought of that. Curator: Well, art's a conversation, isn't it? It blossoms when we share what we see. Editor: Absolutely, it’s about the exchange! Thanks for the insight!

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