"X-Ray Church." 2002 Relief etching.
36cm by 31cm
Paper: Hahnemule
Edition of 50.
As part of the
narrative: After witnessing
the death of the two horses Archer retreats to a church where
he sets about painting on its walls all he has seen. Outside
the riding flood waters begin to lap at the entrance to the
building.
There are two seperate plates printed on
one piece of paper. The left hand plate depicts the outside
of the church which is surrounded by dense forest. The waves
are beginning to crash against the entrance to the building.
The right hand side of the print depicts the
inside of the church as a cutaway. Archer is perched on a
stepladder which rests atop some scaffolding. He is drawing
a picture of the Tower of Babel. On the floor infront of the
scaffolding sits a printing press. All around the church are
scattered bits of paper, notebooks, paint pots and paint brushes.
