Jitka Hanzlová: Horse
Jitka Hanzlová
Koenig Books, 2016
€48,00
In the work of Jitka Hanzlová (born in 1958 in the former CSSR), autobiography, memory, and the question of identity play an important role. In 2007, parallel to the portraits, Hanzlová also began her new group of works Horses. Even if these pictures only barely depict horses, they powerfully communicate the essence and the visceral, instinctive qualities of these animals. Horses communicate through their clear and direct body language, which is very immediate: they mirror humans. Jitka Hanzlová is able to bring the horse, which in our efficient, technological age is increasingly pushed to the margins of society, back to the center. Each individual photograph, no matter how abstract and seemingly coincidental, possesses an unsuspected direct presence and is able to capture our attention. The horse brings itself into every surroundings, and communicates a link to the earth. The act of taking a photograph takes place in an intuitive, brief moment, and marks a pinnacle, which however is preceded by an emotional moment and unites the entire dialog between human being and animal. Across a timeframe of seven years, images were created that take on their strong expressiveness through proximity and intimacy, allowing us to grasp the artist’s profound relationship to these animals.
ISBN: 9783863358778
