There Are No Words Here

Series: The Alchemy of Love
Medium: Drypoint
Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 6 inches (Image/Sheet)
Signature: Signed on reverse
Artist details: American / Pacific Northwest, 1968
Date finished: 2023
Edition: of 7 E.V.

Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager / Marketing Coordinator):

The 'Alchemy of Love' series captivates me, and this piece in particular can lock me in an endless loop. There's a little contradiction – using text and words to tell us 'There are no words here'. My mind can go over that detail again and again. In the end, I love it because this simple contradiction reveals how hard it is to express ourselves or our experiences. We have only words to describe the indescribable. Landsaat also offers twisted vines, knotted branches, and eccentric demons to help us visualize our predicament, but the rest is left to us.