Bronfman Center Gallery Presents Turning Toward...Turning Toward

South African artist Gregory Gadilan Horwitz blurs the boundaries between religious and artistic concepts in his first major solo exhibition.

(PRWEB) September 16, 2005 -- The Bronfman Center Gallery is delighted to present Turning Toward...Turning Toward, the first major solo exhibition of the artist, Gregory Gadilan Horwitz.

Informed by the artists personal history and heritage, this exhibition blurs the boundaries between religious and artistic concepts.

Characterized by a distinct aesthetic expressed through a diverse range of media, Horwitzs work is visually appealing and intellectually challenging. While the artists work defies categorization to any one movement, its impressive visual power and immediacy are informed by minimalist conceptualism.

Inspired by the unique configurations of the pages of the Talmud, Jewish oral law, the rhythmic regularity of Horwitzs grid paintings suggests a consciously ordered world. Working in a style that favors subdued colors, the artist imbues his grid structures with awe. Horwitzs careful use of pigment reflects a proficiency in the emotive use of color. Deceptively simple, this series sets shapes and colors in perfect equilibrium as it presents the grid not as a mere functional geometric system, but as a dynamic design with endless perspectives.

The Jewish concept of shatnez, which forbids one from combining wool and linen in a garment, inspires a series of works made of these two materials. With poetic images that address the connection between the beautiful and the forbidden, Horwitz provides a format wherein the two components of an otherwise negative union harmoniously come together. Symbolizing both beauty and its dysfunction, these works suggest the fragility of beauty as they question its parameters.

In his installation of seemingly alike, but subtly varied, Jewish skullcaps, At Night All Cows Are Black, the artist playfully explores the dynamics between individuality and commonality.

Born in 1974 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Gregory Gadilan Horwitz currently lives and works on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He studied fine art in South Africa and at the New York Studio School of Painting and Drawing. Horwitzs work is held in numerous public and private collections.

Turning Toward...Turning Toward opens at the Bronfman Center Gallery on September 20th and continues through November 1st. A reception for the artist will be held on Tuesday evening, September 20th at 7 pm.

The Bronfman Center Gallery is located at 7 East 10th Street between 5th Avenue and University Place. For further information contact Lois Stavsky at 917-562-8468.

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