Alexander Tovborg’s untitled etchings from 2006 mark his first collaboration with BORCH Editions.
The lines appear delicate and light, and the colouring has a visual effect resembling an overexposed photographic image. On closer inspection, the etchings reveal artistic interests that have since appeared in Tovborg’s practice as consistent themes: existential topics like the rites of passage marking the violent transition from innocence to adulthood; mysterious, mythological figures; and not least, the detailed and labour-intensive work with the etching needle that characterises Tovborg’s later prints.