Les Amants by Rebecca Horn

I chose this artists work because I have been intrigued by the way the paint was sprayed on to the wall. It looks very drastic in the middle but gets more gentle around the edges. This work 'Les Amants' is a machine constructed of two glass funnels, ink , wine and some sort of a motor that sprays the liquids. Les Amants translates from french to english as 'lovers'. Knowing this, my understanding of this work has grown as I begin to see expressiveness of tension and passion just like in lovers and relationships. In my eyes the spray lines gathered close in the center of the image could be a representation of the argument or a passionate sexual subject. However I can't stop thinking about the possibility whether the artist has designed the machine to create the strokes this very way or whether the machine created this piece in a lucky accident way.