Jonathan Horowitz (born 1966) is a New York-based artist working in video, sculpture,

sound installation Sound art is an artistic activity in which sound is utilized as a primary medium or material. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in hybrid forms. According to Brandon LaBelle, sound art ...

, and photography. Horowitz critically examines the cultures of politics, celebrity, cinema, war, and

consumerism Consumerism is a social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts. With the Industrial Revolution, but particularly in the 20th century, mass production led to overproduction—the su ...

. From found footage, Horowitz visually and spatially juxtaposes elements from film, television, and the media to reveal connections and breakdowns between these overlapping modes of communication. In 2005, Horowitz's work ''Three Rainbow American Flags for Jasper in the Style of the Artist's Boyfriend'' made of Oil and Glitter on Linen, depicts a glittery American flag with rainbow stripes. This work references Jasper Johns' 1958 painting ''

Three Flags ''Three Flags'' is a 1958 painting by American artist Jasper Johns. The work comprises three canvases painted with hot wax. The three canvases form a tiered arrangement, with each canvas approximately 25% smaller than the one below, thereby cre ...

'' . In 2020, Horowitz curated the exhibit ''We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz'' for

The Jewish Museum The Jewish Museum is an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts, housed at 1109 Fifth Avenue, in the former Felix M. Warburg House, along Museum Mile on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The first Jewish museum in the Unit ...

. Bringing together works by over 70 artists, including Horowitz's own work, "the exhibition looks at how artists have historically responded to the rise of authoritarianism and xenophobia as well as racism, anti-Semitism, and other forms of bigotry. The exhibition also addresses issues surrounding immigration, assimilation, and cultural identity."

Early life and education

Horowitz is a 1987 graduate of

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the col ...

Art market

Horowitz is represented by

Xavier Hufkens Xavier Hufkens gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded by Belgian art dealer Xavier Hufkens (b. 1965). The gallery has three locations in Brussels and represents an international roster of some forty emerging, mid-career and established art ...

. Until 2020, he also worked with

Gavin Brown's Enterprise Gavin Brown's enterprise was an art gallery with venues in New York City and Rome owned by Gavin Brown between 1994 and 2020. In 2020, it merged with Gladstone Gallery. History Broome Street The gallery was established by Gavin Brown in 1994 on ...

Solo exhibitions

2018 ''Leftover Paint Abstractions,'' Xavier Hufkens, Brussels 2016 ''Occupy Greenwich'', The Brant Foundation Art and Study Center, Greenwich
''160 DOTS'', Swiss Institute, New York
''Hillary Clinton Is A Person Too (2008)'',

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) is a non-collecting contemporary art museum located in Detroit. MOCAD is housed in a building, a converted former auto dealership designed by architect Andrew Zago. The architecture of the building ...

2014 ''Plants, Mirrors, Coke/Pepsi Paintings and More'', Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
''402 Dots, Line, and the One Note Samba'', Karma, New York 2013 ''Free Store,''

Art Basel Miami Art Basel is a for-profit, privately owned and managed, international art fair staged annually in Basel, Switzerland; Miami Beach; Hong Kong and from 2022, Paris. Art Basel works in collaboration with the host city's local institutions to help ...

2012 "Your Land/My Land: Election '12," Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh, Arm and Hammer Museum of Art and Culture, Contemporary Art Museum Houston,

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA), formerly known as the Salt Lake Art Center, is a contemporary art museum. Located in Downtown Salt Lake City, the museum presents rotating exhibitions by local, national and international contemporary ...

New Museum of Contemporary Art,

Telfair Museums Telfair Museums, in the historic district of Savannah, Georgia, was the first public art museum in the Southern United States. Founded through the bequest of Mary Telfair (1791–1875), a prominent local citizen, and operated by the Georgia Histo ...

, St. Louis, MO, Raleigh, NC, Los Angeles, Houston, TX, Salt Lake City, New York, Savannah, GA 2010 "Minimalist Works from the Holocaust Museum,"

Dundee Contemporary Arts Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) is an art centre in Dundee, Scotland, with two contemporary art galleries, a two-screen cinema, a print studio, a learning and public engagement programme, a shop and a café bar. The director of DCA is Beth Bate ...

2009 ''Apocalypto Now,''

Museum Ludwig Museum Ludwig, located in Cologne, Germany, houses a collection of modern art. It includes works from Pop Art, Abstract and Surrealism, and has one of the largest Picasso collections in Europe. It holds many works by Andy Warhol and Roy ...

, Cologne ''Jonathan Horowitz: And/Or"

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center MoMA PS1 is a contemporary art institution located in Court Square in the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York City. In addition to its exhibitions, the institution organizes the Sunday Sessions performance series, the ...

, New York 2008 ''Obama 2008''

2007 ''People Like War Movies'' Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin 2006 ''Rome'',

Sadie Coles HQ Sadie Coles HQ is a contemporary art gallery in London, owned and directed by Sadie Coles. The gallery focuses on presenting the work of established and emerging international artists. It was at the forefront of the Young British Artists movement ...

, London 2005 ''The New Communism'', Gavin Brown’s Enterprise
''Silent Movie'',

Yvon Lambert Gallery Yvon Lambert Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Paris founded by Yvon Lambert in 1966. History In 1966, Yvon Lambert opened his first gallery on the rue de L'Échaudé in Paris, France where he began to exhibit American artists. He showed fo ...

, New York 2004 Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin 2003 ''Silent Movie'', Matrix 151,

Wadsworth Atheneum The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum in Hartford, Connecticut. The Wadsworth is noted for its collections of European Baroque art, ancient Egyptian and Classical bronzes, French and American Impressionist paintings, Hudson River School lands ...

Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
''Surreal Estate'', (with

Rob Pruitt Rob Pruitt (born 1963/1964) is an American post-conceptual artist. Working primarily in painting, installation, and sculpture, he does not have a single style or medium. He considers his work to be intensely personal and biographical. Pruitt has ...

), Gavin Brown's Enterprise
Buero Friedrich, Berlin
Yvon Lambert, Paris 2002 ''Go Vegan!'',

Greene Naftali Gallery Greene Naftali is a contemporary art gallery located in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. Owner Carol Greene is an American art dealer and founder of Greene Naftali. She was born and raised in Quincy, Massachusetts, and received a B.A ...

, New York
''Pillow Talk'', Sadie Coles HQ, London 2001 ''Time, Life, People'': Jonathan Horowitz at Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland
Yvon Lambert, Paris
''We the People'', China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles
''In Person'', Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. 2000 ''The Jonathan Horowitz Show'', Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
''The Universal Calendar/talking without thinking'', Van Laere Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium 1998 ''Bach Two Part Invention #9'', Kenny Schachter/Rove, New York
''Maxell'', Greene Naftali Gallery

References

External links

Jonathan Horowitz's Works in the Dikeou Collection
{{DEFAULTSORT:Horowitz, Jonathan 1966 births Living people Wesleyan University alumni Place of birth missing (living people)

Early life and education

Art market

Solo exhibitions

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Further reading

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