Screenprints Index | Richard Horvath Artworks
Feral Ground
C. 1982
Woodcut
Diptych 130 x 50 cms
Behaviouralism, a much maligned branch of psychology during the 1970's informs the textual elements of Feral Ground. The bland technical formula of STIMULUS = ACTION that names the top panel is translated on the bottom panel as he wants, he squeezes. By extension, it also refers to the darker side of capitalism.
The scientific neatness of the STIMULUS = ACTION panel is symbolised by the cool, monotonal, rigid geometry of an anonymous urban landscape whereas the he wants, he squeezes panel is imbued with jarring shapes and an unpleasant colour harmony inhabited by a Janus headed figure.
The scientific neatness of the STIMULUS = ACTION panel is symbolised by the cool, monotonal, rigid geometry of an anonymous urban landscape whereas the he wants, he squeezes panel is imbued with jarring shapes and an unpleasant colour harmony inhabited by a Janus headed figure.