Regisole Topographical Study

ArtistDavid Spriggs
Date2014
Dimensions190 × 62 × 190 cm
75 × 24.5 × 75 in
MaterialsBlack ink on layered transparencies
Sheets29

Contour lines trace the volume of the horse and rider.

Regisole Topographical Study examines the contour outlines of the mounted figure in the larger Regisole installation. Made in 2014, the study brings the equestrian subject into the language of topography, mapping its volume through black ink on 29 layered transparencies.

The lines follow the changing contours of the horse and rider through depth. Seen together, they establish the figure as a spatial drawing; from an oblique position, the individual outlines and the intervals between them become more apparent.

David Spriggs, Regisole Topographical Study, 2014, front view. Black contour outlines of a horse and rider on 29 layered transparencies. — *Regisole Topographical Study*, front view.

David Spriggs, Regisole Topographical Study, 2014, oblique view of the contour outlines of the horse and rider in a transparent display case. — *Regisole Topographical Study*, oblique view.

David Spriggs, Regisole Topographical Study, 2014, side detail showing the black contour lines across the transparent sheets. — *Regisole Topographical Study*, side detail.

Regisole Topographical Study by David Spriggs in the foreground, shown beside the larger coloured Regisole installation. — *Regisole Topographical Study*, shown beside the larger *Regisole* installation.