Untitled (Still Life) c. 1950

Gordon Nunes made this print, ‘Untitled Still Life’ using stone and paper, though we don’t know exactly when. I’m really drawn to the textures in this print, those delicate lines that create such a rich, almost tactile surface. It reminds me that artmaking is, at its heart, a process, a conversation between the artist and the medium. Look at how the light seems to play across the surface, created by the density of the marks. Notice the area around the base of the table. The lines become more chaotic, almost as if Nunes is deliberately disrupting the composition, playing with our expectations. It's a bit like Picasso’s cubist still lifes, where objects are fragmented and reassembled from multiple perspectives. This kind of work always makes me think about the ongoing dialogue between artists across time. It’s like we're all just riffing off each other, constantly finding new ways to see and interpret the world. And that, to me, is the real magic of art.