Beyond Horizon

BEYOND HORIZON

With Barbara Bachner, Vian Borchert, Leslie Ford, Philip Gerstein, Sandra Gottlieb, 

Bobbie Moline-Kramer, Joyce Pommer, and Martin Weinstein. 

Concept and Curation: Priska Juschka

Exhibition Dates: April 3 - April 26, 2025

OPENING RECEPTION: APRIL 3, 2025

Press Release:

Lichtundfire is pleased to present BEYOND HORIZON an exhibition in various media, painting, 

photography, and works on paper that addresses, both figuratively and literally, humanity's 

quest to go beyond the boundaries of the horizon, Greek horizein = limit, and farther than the 

physical eye can see. The exhibition, conceptually and visually, questions the limits of our consciousness and reaches 

into our imagination, addressing the thirst to experience the realm beyond what we can both 

discern and foresee. 

Defined by the Cambridge dictionary as “the line at the farthest place that you can see, where 

the sky seems to touch the land or sea”, this exhibition looks towards the possibilities of 

decoding the horizon and its implied linearity as a dividing line, a division between above and 

below, or between different elements such as earth, or water, and air. 

Rather than defining the line that separates the Earth and the atmosphere, the exhibition seeks 

to go beyond this observation point– leading into the realm of speculation of what lies beyond.

The search for answers also thrusts us into a new spectrum of observation: If, originally, the 

horizon was considered something tangible, we now navigate in the sphere of a much less 

certain transmutation of a fixed line. 

Similarly, often associated with a distinct visual palette when depicting or implying the horizon, 

with hues that reference the earth, water, and the sky, the exhibition goes beyond a literal 

description of a terrain mirrored by the air, and leads into a much more personally,  psychologically, and philosophically charged observation of

what connotes a horizon and what  we might expect to lie beyond. 

Thinking of the horizon as a natural phenomenon, similar to a Fata Morgana, or other 

phenomena caused by the confluence of natural indicators– the ellipsoid shape of the earth, the 

earth/sun constellation, particles in the air, a.o. that meet the retina of our eyes at a specific 

moment in time, which sends signals to the synapses of our brain, which then construes an 

image of something that, in actuality, does not exist but is the figment of our observation.

Over time, much speculation has been connected with the horizon line– the physical end of the 

Earth, the beginning of an either divine or less divine realm of our imagination and belief 

systems– both concrete and metaphorically. The word aphorism comes from horizon, Greek aphorizein, to aphorize means to communicate 

or to transmit. In this sense, the artists in the exhibition reflect and express the various 

associations to a fleeting, intangible non-entity that, similarly to the misnomer entity of time 

itself, can neither be described nor fixated as it is speculative and has no form– however, works 

as a conduit to transmit our profound thoughts and inner feelings–.

For additional information, images, events and to arrange an appointment, please contact 

Priska Juschka at info@lichtundfire.com .

About Lichtundfire:

LICHTUNDFIRE was established in 2015, with a visual program emphasizing 

nonrepresentational, conceptual, and abstract art; especially minimal, color field, geometrical, 

straight edge, abstract expressionist painting, lyrical abstraction, and process work in all media, 

as well as abstracted, conceptual representation. Through its exhibitions, Lichtundfire's program is dedicated to developing and nurturing an 

active, engaged, progressive, and emancipated art community that addresses cultural and 

social realities as expressed through visual arts. Beyond its carefully curated visual program, Lichtundfire seeks to actively connect with other 

parts of the creative community, especially in the field of poetry, literature, philosophy, and  Critical Theory.

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Contact: Priska Juschka, info@lichtundfire.com, Tel. 917.675.7835

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