Alhambra III 1962

Antonio Frasconi's "Alhambra III" is a color woodcut, and looking at it, I'm really drawn to how the process seems so present. The colors are layered in such a way that you can almost see the ghost of each block, each decision. There’s a real sense of physicality in the way the colors interact. The turquoise background feels like a solid, grounded space, but then you get these blooms of pinks, reds, and greens floating on top. It's a real dance between control and letting the materials do their thing. Check out the top right corner of the pink blooms, where the red overlaps with the green – it creates this vibrant, almost electric, tension. It reminds me a little of the way Bonnard used color; not to describe something realistically, but to create a mood, an atmosphere. Ultimately, it's a reminder that art is an ongoing conversation across time, and there is beauty in that.