julian rowe
julian rowe
visual artist
visual artist
...alexanderschlacht
This series of four works was made in response to the
Alexanderschlacht of Albrecht Altdorfer. Altdorfer’s great painting, made to
flatter the vanity of a bellicose German prince, depicts Alexander the Great defeating the Persians at the Battle of Issus. The opposing
armies clash in a landscape that seems to encompass the entire world, suggesting the cosmic significance of the event. There is an
irony in the gap between the grandiloquence of this image of the ancient near east, and its sycophantic purpose, that still resonates
in events of the present day.
Alexanderschlacht IV. 2006. Wood, paper, acrylic, resin, wood stain, Perspex, white metal, found materials, 64cm x 122cm
Alexanderschlacht I-III. 2006. Wood, paper, acrylic, resin, wood stain, Perspex, white metal, found materials
