Andrew Hazewinkel

Subtle shifts of the focal plane across two successive negatives reveal the facial detail of Warrior B, one of two heroically scaled bronze male figures that occupy a sculpturally stylistic position between the end of the Archaic and the beginning of the Classical periods in Mediterranean antiquity.

The mid fourth century BCE Riace Bronzes (known art-historically as Warrior A and Warrior B), today stand upright in an architectural space designed specifically for them at the National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria in Italy. However, this image was captured during the filming of Hazewinkel's video work Warrior A Warrior B, as the figures lay side by side in provisional structures whilst undergoing material analysis and conservation processes.

For the artist, the heroic figure's horizontality imbued them with a sense of exposed vulnerability. Considering their modern (art historical) designation as Warriors, it is not difficult to think of them as injured, unnamed soldiers from a contemporary theatre of war, awaiting treatment in a makeshift field hospital.



^{Hazewinkel's access to the bronzes and photographic permissions were provided courtesy of
Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali Soperintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Calabria.}