18/06/2026
Horse power.
As Royal Ascot gets into full stride, this week’s turns to Dancing Fearless, Jorg Karg’s arresting 2020 photographic collage of a black horse rearing within a sparse and surreal studio scene.
A pale curtain hangs behind the animal, translucent steps rise from folds of crumpled fabric and a dark sphere rests in the foreground. The horse is obviously in motion, though the composition holds it in a strange pause, drawing the grandeur of equestrian portraiture into Karg’s carefully imagined world.
The German artist has worked with digital collage for more than a decade, rearranging and abstracting photographic material through a process shaped by his earlier years spent painting and drawing. Dancing Fearless emerged from more than a year of experimentation with photography, clay, wire, wood and found objects. During a week devoted to racing and polished appearances, Karg’s commanding subject offers a different vision of horses’ movement, presence and power.
