Monday, October 20, 2008

Jonathan Horowitz


Rainbow American Flag on Pink Field of Jasper in the Style of Artist's Boyfriend, 2007, acrylic and glitter on linen, 66” x 49”


Three Rainbow American Flags for Jasper in the Style of the Artist's Boyfriend, 2005, glitter and oil on linen, 31” x 45¾” x 5”
images courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

Because Modern Art Notes is currently doing a series on the flag in contemporary art, I thought I would post what I think are two of the great examples by Jonathan Horowitz. I also posted on the BuzzFeed page specific to this project, saying "Jonathan Horowitz's take on the Johns flag turns a sign-of-a-sign into a sign of the times. Looking like a glittered birthday cake or a flea market t-shirt, his America is alive with ambivalence. It's garish but personal, tasteless, but honest."

His current show, Obama '08 is up now at Gavin Brown's enterprise, complete with an over-sized Hillary Clinton figurine, celebratory balloons, and an homage to the Hall of Presidents.

1 comments:

  1. hey where I can see more work, of Jonnathan Horowitz.
    I make a homework of my class of contemporary art. Be interesting know more of that artistic.

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