Description
In his purer architectural fantasies Koren distributes buildings and monuments of varied cultural resonance over the sheet and then, as with his figural compositions, fills a landscape around them. Classical and medieval, secular and sacred, pedestals and statues and architectural units are scattered across the page and the land: in the loneliness of their juxtaposition these disjecta membra recall the evocative poignancy of Piranesi’s architectural grotteschi, the nostalgia of ruins. Here, too, Koren extends a tradition, bringing his own imaginings to revitalize the architectural fantasy as a genre.
Details
- Work Date:
- 1987
- Dimensions:
- 22 18 x 29 inches
- Medium:
- Pen and India ink on BFK Rives paper
- Credit Line:
- Courtsey of the artist