David Horton and His Flying Pyramid Press

Horton writes: “My work often playfully explores the relation between illusion and fact. For a number of years now, I have been using photography to make art by fabricating sets for photography and making constructions with photographs. In preparation for the fabrication, I draw. Recently I began showing the sets and the objects made for photography as sculpture. The book form is another form that I explore because it seems to be naturally conducive to inventiveness, it allows the viewer playful participation and it creates space in time. Making art, for me, is metaphorical expression as well as a metaphysical activity … it is a little like making magic.”

David Horton’s work is included in the collections of: The Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Graphik Sammlung ETH, Zurich; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New York Public Library; Addison Gallery of American Art; Princeton Art Museum Library; Conde Nast Corporate Collection; Library of Congress; Smithsonian Institution; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Toledo Art Museum; Houghton Library, Harvard, as well as many distinguished private collections.