LOS
DESASTRES DE LA GUERRA is a black and white photo series Andreas
Horvath began working on in 1994. The title being a direct
reference to Francisco de Goya´s famous series of etchings:
"The Disasters of War".
LOS
DESASTRES DE LA GUERRA
Like
the nineteenth century Spanish painter, Andreas Horvath tries
to encapsulate the horror of battle. Of course with the eyes
of an artist at the beginning of a new millennium, incorporating
photography and the products of the toy industry into his
work. The figures within the images have all been created
by melting and distorting tiny plastic soldiers.
Magnified
many times from their original size, the dramatic emphasis
clearly confronts the grotesque, awful reality of war. Yet,
at the same time, these horrendous figures possess a surreal,
almost religious quality. The nameless, suffering individual
- casualty of any war - is given a monument, an altar-piece.
