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Some Breathe Iron

2016

Sharon Horvath

(American, b. 1958)
Culture
America
Medium
pigment, ink, ash, polymer on paper
Measurements
101.6 x 127 cm (40 x 50 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist in memory of Sally and Ernest Horvath 2016.301
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

Horvath soaked the surface in sea water and dragged it through the sand.

Description

Inspired by her father’s final sketch in a Cleveland Clinic hospital room, Sharon Horvath combined acrylic, ink, ash, phosphorescent pigment, and collage to create a cosmic composition where paint swirls across the scraped and reworked surface. Spheres and disks float amid the black background, incised with symmetrical patterns and haloed with rays. Horvath contrasts small organisms that “breathe iron” with the immensity of the universe, placing humans in between as observers.

Some Breathe Iron

2016

Sharon Horvath

(American, b. 1958)
America

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