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Man and a horse: a top act II 人馬：頂級表演（二）
1990s
Man and horse: a top act II is part of a body of two-dimensional works Antonio Mak began in the 1960s, which is comprised of ink and graphite drawings, mixed-media collages, and etchings. These are distinct from his better-known sculptural practice. Featuring motifs of horses, trees, books, ladders, steps, and chairs, these works are often inspired by the art and theories of Marcel Duchamp and by M. C. Escher’s fantastical perspectives and tessellations. Deceptively simple and sometimes nonsensical, Mak’s arrangements of figures, objects, and animals use visual puns and unusual juxtapositions to probe existential questions. This work is one of several watercolour drawings by Mak that depicts a man lying on the ground with his legs in the air, balancing a horse on his feet. Defining a strange scene that captures the two figures in an improbable feat of acrobatics, the drawing points to Mak’s penchant for absurd juxtapositions.
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