2/6/2014 Exhibitions - David Horvitz and Penelope Umbrico - Art in America http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/exhibitions/david-horvitz-and-penelope-umbrico/ 1/3 EXHIBITIONS THE LOOKOUT David Horvitz and Penelope Umbrico at Recess, through Aug. 10 41 Grand Street, New York, NY 10013 The strength of this exhibition is its provisional feel. Printouts of web pages are tacked to the wall, photographs are poised in corners and stacks of Polaroids of cats are scattered throughout the gallery. In their individual practices, Horvitz and Umbrico are concerned with how images circulate online and acquire new meanings over time. The work they display in the gallery is often only temporarily meant to be viewed as "art." Horvitz uploaded an image of himself with downcast eyes it was subsequently published on websites around the world as a stock photograph representing depression. The printouts on display to mark the intervention at Recess are like fireflies caught in a jar. In their prosaic form they gesture toward vast and dynamic cultural practices. ADVERTISEMENT More from the Lookout NEWS & FEATURES EXHIBITIONS MAGAZINE NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBE S
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2/6/2014 Exhibitions - David Horvitz and Penelope Umbrico - Art in America
Umbricoat Recess,through Aug. 1041 Grand Street, New York, NY 10013
The strength of this exhibition is its provisional feel. Printouts of webpages are tacked to the wall, photographs are poised in corners andstacks of Polaroids of cats are scattered throughout the gallery. Intheir individual practices, Horvitz and Umbrico are concerned withhow images circulate online and acquire new meanings over time. Thework they display in the gallery is often only temporarily meant to beviewed as "art." Horvitz uploaded an image of himself with downcasteyes;; it was subsequently published on websites around the world as astock photograph representing depression. The printouts on display tomark the intervention at Recess are like fireflies caught in a jar. Intheir prosaic form they gesture toward vast and dynamic culturalpractices.
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