Thus Spoke Zarathustra, God Is Dead

Description

Edition of 5. Lucida 12 Inkset Pigment print on 230gsm matt surface paper. All paper sizes include 2.5cm white border around the print for framing. Also available in 78cm x 91 cm size within the edition of 5. A viewing of an exhibition of Alexander Calder’s mobile sculptures inspires the series ‘Lines and Vectors’. After seeing Calder’s sculptures at close range, and having the mobile shapes sever the view of the scene behind, Horvath began overlaying linear, formal elements – drawn line, contour and translucent colour – on top of black and white collaged pictures. Dissecting and interrupting the underlying image, he considers these an extension of his multi-screen New Media work, where video sequences are frequently suspended, disjunctive and blurred, distorting the viewer’s visual and emotional sense of place. In ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra, God Is Dead’ figure and form combine with superimposed elements, creating layers simultaneously obstructing and engaging the viewer’s gaze.