Haroon Mirza, Solar Powered LED Circuit Composition 41 (Genzken & Richter), 2021

2021

Medium

RGB LED tape, electrical wire, copper tape, magnetic wire, LED Matrix, aluminium tape, gold leaf, glass, polyurethane resin, acrylic paint, polarised film, trinket, gel medium on photovoltaic panel

Dimensions

164 × 100 cm

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-155828

Haroon Mirza's wall piece “Solar Powered LED Circuit Composition 41 (Genzken & Richter)” (2021) combines a solar panel, electronic circuits, and gold leaf to create a work that preserves the rawness of the materials as well as their aesthetic while at the same time developing a painterly presence. Drawing on Isa Genzken's aesthetic sensibility and Gerhard Richter's processual approach, such as the serial painting of candles or the smudging of the canvas, Mirza uses his own formal language to create a delicate composition of technoid components paired with symbolic element, suggesting a landscape reminiscent of classical Far Eastern painting. An oscillating mandala ensues, changing in perception contingent to the viewer's angle of vision due to the lenticular grid of the surface. The intensity of the luminous LEDs varies depending on the incidence of light on the solar panel: the LED candle flickers only in strong brightness, allowing external influences to become part of Solar “Powered LED Circuit Composition 41 (Genzken & Richter)”, illuminating its surroundings. Polyurethane beads hang down from the solar panel like drops of water, their scratches on the reflective surface contrasting sharply with the fine golden trail stretching across the image, suggesting a mountain range between which a rising or setting sun makes its circles.