Zenith (VII) 2017

Ala Ebtekar's work is informed by light and illumination. He created Zenith (VII) by first applying a photochemical solution to a raw canvas. The light-sensitive material was then overlaid with multiple negatives from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Image Archive and exposed to sunlight. After the chemicals were washed away and the cyanotype of outer space was revealed, the artist painted stylized cloud forms across the deep blue sky. By superimposing fantastical clouds on top of the photographic image of the cosmos, Ebtekar generates a dialogue between science and art, the finite and the infinite, the real and the imagined.