ERZSÉBET HORVÁTH

ArtistErzsébet HORVÁTH: Corpus (2010)

Erzsébet HORVÁTH

Light possesses a paradoxical, dual nature. But is not this dual nature also the bearer of the human essence? When we study light, are we not again studying ourselves?

Corpus (2010)

Foil sheets, acrylic, metal, light sources with time switch

In her artistic practice Erzsébet Horváth, who acquired the necessary knowledge for sculpture at the universities of Pécs and Munich, focuses on the idea of transparency, and the interaction of shadow and light. Her dialogue with space has conceptual roots, and while formulating her works, she draws on the psychology of vision and the science of visual perception. Breaking with the conventions of traditional sculpture, Horváth does not use light to create spatiality of forms and to give a sense of mass but instead seeks to assert the illusionary power of light through minimalist means, using the simplest materials available. The mysterious and enigmatic nature of the indirect use of light is also manifested in Corpus, where the use of illumination goes beyond the aesthetic function of the work and becomes a matter of the content. The installation consists of a series of transparent sheets arranged in a slit form. These foils, placed one behind the other, are covered with patterns made up of lines that glow in the dark, built up in a grid-like structure. If the viewer chooses the right position and observes the piece from a distance, he or she is confronted with a human body floating in space. The density and reflection of the layers of transparent sheets appear as a virtual shell of a human body that draws a luminous aura around itself. Dramatizing the threshold between the visible and invisible dimensions of the body, Horváth’s work uses analog tools to provide the viewer with a new framework of reference to experience space, breaking the entrenched forms of perception. Her piece can be interpreted both as a sovereign light object and as a media installation combining the notion of intimacy with objective detachment, based on the personal bond with the aesthetics of scientific imagery since the patterns on the foils, which resemble isobaric lines on topographical maps were created on the basis of MRI scans taken by the artist with the assistance of the Kaposvár University Medical Centre.

Erzsébet Horváth (1976, Pécs) focuses on the idea of transparency, and the interaction of shadow and light. Her dialogue with space has conceptual roots, and she uses the findings from the psychology of vision and the science of visual perception to formulate her works.

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