What do you think Andy Warhol would think of Jonathan Horowitz' 1st solo exhibition (in New York) And/Or at the P.S.1 Contemporary Arts Center ? Do you think he would find his work current and challenging and vital or do you think he would see it as another rehash of what he himself did in the 1960's?
I can't begin to imagine what Warhol would be thinking or doing if he were alive today, but I think it's safe to say Horowitz offers us a glimpse of, at least, the subject matter Warhol would have been tackling. In this exhibition Horowitz takes on some of Warhol's favorite subjects like political figures (Obama 08, Hillary Clinton is a Person Too), celebrity (The Body Song, Pillow Talk Cases), and consumerism (Coke and/or Pepsi Machine). Much of Horowitz' work, like Warhol's, blends the past and the present to create pieces that often challenge the viewer to decide what message, if any, lies within the work and more importantly in our own political systems/figures and pop culture icons.
Pictures: Obama 08 (2008), Hillary Clinton is a Person Too (2008), Pillow Talk Cases (2008), Coke and/or Pepsi Machine (2007)
Horowitz' also presents a peek into his own Queerness in pieces like “Three Rainbow American Flags for Jasper in the Style of the Artist’s Boyfriend” (which is an update on Gay artist Jasper Johns' "Three Flags") where in he replaces the American flag with a rainbow flag and covers it in glitter. He also takes an activist stance with "Archival Iris Print of an Image Downloaded from the Internet with Two Copies of the New York Post Rotting in Their Frames" where he offers a visual critique on Reagan's failure during the AIDS crisis of the 80's.
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