Michael Kuch: Apocalypse Clocks
Hourglass, sundial, gothic clock, pendulum, weights & wound spring combine with skeletal elements to produce detailed & arresting images of devices that portend the end of the world. Etchings of clocks encompass iconongraphic depictions of destruction throughout the ages, from the fanciful seven-eyed, seven-horned lamb from Revelations to the stark oven of the Holocaust. A jaunty skull host sports a horizontal-hourglass bow tie; a skeletal Fortuna pedals the hands of a clock wheel. A pair of poems bookend the thirteen etchings which the artist has printed in divers, vibrant hues to create a carnival atmosphere reminiscent of El Dia de los Muertos.
7.25×7.25 in
7.25×6.5 in
11.75×7 in
11.75×7.75 in
10.75×7 in
11×4.5 in
6.5×5.25 in
6×8 in
7×8.5 in
7.5×9 in
10.5×8 in
8.75×6 in
10×7.25 in