By: AWST, Manon (1983-) and WALTHER, Benjamin (1978-)

Acq. Number: 795

Dimensions: 50.8 x 50.8 cm

Artwork_Medium: painting

Purchased: 2008

Buyer: ELIS-THOMAS, Lord Dafydd CASW National Eisteddfod Purchase Prize 2008

Location: Y Senedd, Bae Caerdydd - Senedd, Cardiff Bay

Town: Cardiff

Notes: Benjamin Walther studied Art History and Philosophy in Berlin and was a theatrical director before working as a visual artist. Manon Awst is from North Wales and studied Art at Coleg Menai, Bangor, and Architecture in Cambridge University. They met in Berlin and live and work together between North Wales and Germany. Their installations and performances fuse the personal myths and fundamental themes of human existence.The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are studies for a large scale triptych depicting a war scenario, making reference to the book of Revelation and the destructive powers of Conquest, War, Famine and Death.