The Stories Paintings Tell

A reproduction among moving boxes. A gesture interrupted in a drawing class. Faces accompanying a decision at work.

In twenty stories, paintings from different periods enter the lives of people occupied with desire, money, family, and difficult choices. A detail in the painting shifts attention; what happens next depends on who is looking.

From Van Eyck to Tarsila do Amaral, from Fan Kuan to Wifredo Lam, each work opens an independent story. Brief background notes, reference sources, and forty-four original engravings accompany the journey.