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Marc Horowitz — The secrets of happiness, death, love
Marc Horowitz

The secrets of happiness, death, love

2018

"The Secrets of Happiness, Death, Love" arrives at the intersection of irreverence and art historical weight, channeling the compositional gravity of Old Master painting while refusing its solemnity. Horowitz constructs the image like a film still caught mid-edit, its elements, including smears of deep red, a drifting cloud, and the off-kilter gaze of a horse, suspended in a state of readiness rather than resolution. Each figure reads less as a fixed subject than as a character waiting for direction, lending the work a quality of productive instability that rewards prolonged looking. Horowitz built his reputation through durational, internet-mediated social projects such as the National Dinner Tour and The Advice of Strangers, works that placed chance, public participation, and humor at the center of the artistic process. His return to painting carries that sensibility intact. The lighthearted visual chaos here is deliberate rather than accidental, a choreographed looseness that keeps every passage of the composition feeling contingent, as though the image could shift or disclose something further at any moment. Produced in an edition of 50 and signed by the artist, this archival pigment print makes Horowitz's distinctive approach accessible to collectors at a modest scale of 38.1 by 53.3 centimeters. The work is offered through Exhibition A and represents a meaningful entry point into a practice that bridges conceptual rigor and genuine wit. For collectors drawn to work that holds its humor and its intelligence in equal measure, this piece delivers on both counts without apology.

Medium
Archival pigment print
Sheet
Signed
Yes

For Sale — $300

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Marc Horowitz, The secrets of happiness, death, love, 2018

"The Secrets of Happiness, Death, Love" arrives at the intersection of irreverence and art historical weight, channeling the compositional gravity of Old Master painting while refusing its solemnity. Horowitz constructs the image like a film still caught mid-edit, its elements, including smears of deep red, a drifting cloud, and the off-kilter gaze of a horse, suspended in a state of readiness rather than resolution. Each figure reads less as a fixed subject than as a character waiting for direction, lending the work a quality of productive instability that rewards prolonged looking. Horowitz built his reputation through durational, internet-mediated social projects such as the National Dinner Tour and The Advice of Strangers, works that placed chance, public participation, and humor at the center of the artistic process. His return to painting carries that sensibility intact. The lighthearted visual chaos here is deliberate rather than accidental, a choreographed looseness that keeps every passage of the composition feeling contingent, as though the image could shift or disclose something further at any moment. Produced in an edition of 50 and signed by the artist, this archival pigment print makes Horowitz's distinctive approach accessible to collectors at a modest scale of 38.1 by 53.3 centimeters. The work is offered through Exhibition A and represents a meaningful entry point into a practice that bridges conceptual rigor and genuine wit. For collectors drawn to work that holds its humor and its intelligence in equal measure, this piece delivers on both counts without apology.

Medium
Archival pigment print
Dimensions
sheet: 38.1 x 53.3 cm
Year
2018
Edition
of 50
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Exhibition A

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