Tarot of the Holy Light
2011
Michael Dowers
USA
Art Medium:
Photocollage.
Description:
Michael Dowers draws on alchemical and other emblematic material found in woodcuts and engravings in early books on alchemy and mystical matters. These have been redrawn, coloured and collaged using Photoshop to create the imagery for each of the cards. It is interesting to identify the source of all the components, however, one does not need to be familiar with the original source material to appreciate their intriguing and delightful artwork. The Tower, for example, uses an illustration of an alchemical furnace from one of the alchemical engravings in the well known Mutus Liber. The artwork could be seen as being similar to that of Robert Place's Alchemical Tarot though he redraws the images in a lean modern style while Michael Dowers create a more dense gathering of symbolism into each card image. Dowers often adopts a non-natural colouring for components of the images. It is issued in a fine solid box.
