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Austria
Painting, Oil on Other
Size: 31.5 W x 23.6 H x 0.4 D in
"The lines are notably sharp and definitive. The hectic way in which the colours have been arranged almost mirrors the chaos caused by the horrific events of the day. There is a very expansive palette used within Horvath's paintings, almost Fauvist colourings. ... Definitely done in a surreal style, Horvath likes to play with metaphors of our 'reality' and turn them into symbolic messages. By distorting the image of Bush, Horvath has almost pushed the focus on to the events of the day rather than the political people standing behind it. He has pushed the boundaries of realism and portrayed, in his own words and images, events that have affected us all and that we can all relate to." (Steffanie McKenna: "How current events influence artists and their work", for BTEC in Art and Design, Telford College, Edinburgh 2005).-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Austrian Painter Werner Horvath's 2001 'Clash of Civilisations' takes into consideration a much wider view of the events leading up to the 9-11 actions. Using 'New Constructivism' as a visual explanatory vehicle, Horvath depicts the current US President George W. Bush in vivid, swirling colour as a tight lipped defender of an 'Old Order' industrial society while ongoing profound and chaotic changes in both the psychic and physical realms of global society are portrayed realistically using small 9-11 recreations seen at the bottom of Horvath's 'Clash of Civilisations". (www.editorialcartoons.net)
Painting:Oil on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:31.5 W x 23.6 H x 0.4 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Austria
Werner Horvath - now working in Vienna, Linz and on the island of Crete (Greec) - was born in Linz, Austria in 1949 and has been painting since his youth. Beside this interest he studied medicine in Vienna and was a well known chief radiologist in Linz, specialising in interventional radiology. Horvath decided to leave the medical profession at the age of 50 and has been working as a freelance artist ever since. He opened a studio named "Villa Arte" in Kastellos on the island of Crete (Greece)2003 and his "Atelier Horvath" in Linz, Austria, where he works during the winter. His artistic style was taken from Phantastic Realism in the early years to New Constructivism in the later and more modern times. The term "New Constructivism" is taken from the philosophical theory and based on the works of Vico, Uexkll, Glasersfeld and Watzlawick, to name a few. The theoretical background is explained in detail by the artist in a stage play in form of a text-collage, called Jahrtausendwende - Die Theorie des neuen bildenden Konstruktivismus (in German). Horvath had tried to portray in his paintings, the reality we rely on is not so real at all. The world that we live in is understood only as we construct it ourselves. For example, colours only exist in our consciousness, therefore are not "real". The same is for objects and relationships. Finally they take into consideration the fact that we live in a symbolic world. Not only do we view Stalin as a Russian politician but also a symbol of dictatorship and cruelty. Horvath uses current political events at the inspiration for his work and often the colours and shapes used help to portray his opinion on our society.
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