COPY PALACE

2025

‘Copy Palace’
Rumpus Room Gallery
St. Louis MO, US

Jan 25 - Feb 21, 2025

Press Release

“Elvira Horvei’s encased tableaus trot the line between sculpture and photography, demarcating a new zone where images perform through almost-physical substitutes. Seven boxes act as personalized shelters for their host, although any attempts to blend into its surroundings are thwarted by an electric glow. The work is nightlight faint, bright in the same way stars seem even after eyes adjust to the dark. Horvei’s works coax you in to reveal highly organized compositions that read like miniatures. Private constellations on a microscopic scale. Although obviously made with their own idiosyncratic symbolism, it’s clear everything is just out of reach, flickering within vessels that are simultaneously toy box and electrical appliance. And as with both, best not to touch. Horvei’s work oﬀers a chance to engage with what is usually oﬀ-limits.”

- Excerpt from Press Release written by Jackson Hescock.

4:30 Stars Time [Detail]

4:30 Stars Time
Wood, glass, mirror, LEDs, 4x5 large format positive
10 ^1/4x 6 x 6.5 inches

Playtime [Detail]

Playtime
Wood, glass, mirror, LEDs, 4x5 large format positive, velvet
7 x 4 ^3/4 x 6 ^7/8 inches

U (holding something and putting it back)
Metal, glass, mirror, LEDs, 4x5 large format positive,
8 x 4 ^1/4x 6 inches

U (holding something and putting it back) [Detail]

I (thought it was stillness but it’s movement)
Wood, glass, mirror, LEDs, 4x5 large format positive
4 ^1/4 x 5 ^7/8 x 6 ^1/4 inches

Place is a pause in movement [Detail]

Place is a pause in movement
Wood, glass, mirror, LEDs, 4x5 large format positive
4.5 x 5.5 x 6.5 inches

Baby Universe
Wood, glass, mirror, LEDs, 4x5 large format positive, velvet
6 x 4 ^3/4 x 5 inches

Thinking Machine
Aluminum, glass, mirror, LEDs, 4x5 large format positive
6 x 6 x 8 ^3/4 inches

Thinking Machine [Detail]