Dion Horstmans              
Light Speed                    
August 9 - 27, 2011                    

While elements of geometry form the basis of Dion Horstmans’ sculptural practice, preoccupations with dynamism and artificial dimensionality are the binding principle behind his work. His sharp edged forms, drenched in energetic fluorescents, unabashedly reflect a desire to manifest movement. As a means of blurring a singular reading of form toward something verging on the active, the artist deploys the intersection of line and void in an attempt to convey an illusion of trajectory.

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Light Speed - exhibition installation views              
               
           
Light Speed - exhibition installation views              
               
             

Lightspeed 1 - Monocerotis
powdercoated steel
1750 x 1000 x 220mm

  Lightspeed 2 - HH32
powdercoated steel
1800 x 1100 x 275mm

 

RIGHT HAND SIDE WORK
Lightspeed 3 - Titania
powdercoated steel
2600 x 850 x 240mm

 
     
                   


 

Lightspeed 4 - Halley's Comet
powdercoated steel
2600 x 700 x 240mm

  Lightspeed 5 - Mimas
powdercoated steel
2400 x 1050 x 250mm

     
   

Lightspeed 6 - Magellanic
powdercoated steel
220 x 160 x 25cm

  Lightspeed 7- Charon
powdercoated steel
2050 x 1300 x 220mm
  Lightspeed 8 - Lapetus
powdercoated steel
2350 x 1200 x 240mm

         
 
Lightspeed 10 - HH 35,
9mm bb ply with a 19 x 19 steel sub frame
finished in 2-pack black acrylic
2400 x 1200 x 60mm
  Lightspeed 11 LL Ori,
9mm bb ply with a 19 x 19 steel sub frame
finished in 2-pack acrylic white
2440 x 1200 x 60mm
     
 
Lightspeed 12 - HH 47,
9mm bb ply with a 19 x 19 steel sub frame finished in 2-pack acrylic
2300 x 1250 x 60mm
  Lightspeed 13- NGC 1999
9mm bb ply with a 19 x 19 steel sub frame finished in 2-pack acrylic white,
2400 x 1200 x 60mm