I see the world in abstract terms. The bustle of crowds, the movement of traffic, and the feverish pace of city-life are layers of disorder. Their combination is frenzied and unbalanced. Yet (as a lover of New York City), I discover a greater unified chaos.

Bricks form buildings. Buildings form the city. The city forms a skyline. The skyline, while being built from bricks, transcends them.

To express this abstraction, I combine conflicting visual languages: hard-edge motif with expressionist brushstrokes. This contrast highlights the physical paint on the canvas. By stepping away from the painting, however, these two styles coalesce. The composition disappears, leaving a field of color harmonies and spatial depth.

Up close, the details remain obsessively cluttered paint. From a distance, the painting is a universe. This duality is an expression of our abstract world.
-Zach Horn '08

-Zach Horn '08