Jonathan Horowitz

Self Portraits in "Mirror #1"

“While the dots in Liechtenstein are a sign of the absence of hand and also a sign of massive reproduction, the dots in the Horowitz paintings trace the body’s presence, and the fact of their hand-made-ness. Every mark within the Horowitz declares itself as human and subjective, a living and mortal self—each mark bears the imprint of the individual who made it.”

Published on the occasion of Horowitz’s show of the same name at Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Self Portraits in Mirror #1 is the effort of nineteen individuals, including Horowitz, creating their own self-portrait using Roy Lichtenstein’s Mirror #1 (1969) as a reflective guide.