Lunar Lantern: The Horse

The horse zodiac is animated, active and energetic and these attributes have inspired this lantern.

Referencing drawings and continuous-line sketches of horses, the lantern captures the fluidity and motion of this majestic animal. Like the famous Vietnamese horse paintings, the bodies curves are both graceful and charged with energy. As if traced in neon light, the sinuous shape of the horse glows, while a stretched fabric skin completes the image.

Artist Bio

Alexandra Sommer and Brad Clark are creatives working across Events, Theatre & Production Design. Graduates of the NIDA, Alexandra and Brad’s theatrical body of work includes Jerry Springer the Opera at the Sydney Opera House, Gallipoli for STC and All the Blood and All the Water for Riverside Theatre Company, for which they won a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Set Design.

Alexandra & Brad have designed the inaugural Winter Feast for MONA, the launch of the Barangaroo Reserve site and have worked on the Lunar Lanterns exhibition since 2016.

Lunar Tour

Find these magnificent giant artworks on the Lunar Tour.

The free, self-guided tour is available in the Sydney Culture Walks app. Download from the App Store or on Google Play now.

Listen to an audio description of this lantern.