Channa Horwitz
15 Mar - 25 May 2015
Channa Horwitz
Time Structure Composition # III, Sonakinatography I,
1970, Ink and Plaka color on paper, 28 x 27 cm
© Courtesy Estate Channa Horwitz and François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles.
Time Structure Composition # III, Sonakinatography I,
1970, Ink and Plaka color on paper, 28 x 27 cm
© Courtesy Estate Channa Horwitz and François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles.
CHANNA HORWITZ
Counting in Eight, Moving by Color
15 March - 25 May 2015
Under the title COUNTING IN EIGHT, MOVING BY COLOR, KW Institute for Contemporary Art presents the first comprehensive solo exhibition of Californian artist Channa Horwitz (1932–2013), funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation).
Featuring important works from all phases of the artist's career, the survey provides an introduction to her œuvre and insight into key series such as the LANGUAGE SERIES, SONAKINATOGRAPHY, RHYTHMS, and STRUCTURES. In addition, a selection of construction drawings and documentary material is made public for the first time, through close cooperation with the trustees of the artist's estate in Los Angeles.
When Channa Horwitz died in 2013 at the age of eighty, her international career had just recently begun. Following a number of shows, including the solo exhibitions VARIATIONS IN COUNTING ONE THROUGH EIGHT (2009, BKV Brandenburgischer Kunstverein e. V., Potsdam, DE) and SEQUENCES & SYSTEMS (2010, Solway Jones Gallery and Kunsthalle L.A., Los Angeles, US) and the group exhibitions THE HUMAN STAIN (2009, CGAC Centre Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, ES), DOPPLEREFFEKT – BILDER IN KUNST UND WISSENSCHAFT (2010, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, DE), SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES (2012, Galeria Casas Riegner, Bogotá), and A VOID (2013, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, DE), the presentation of her works within the framework of MADE IN L.A. (2012, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US) one year before her death was enthusiastically received by the press and the public alike.
Counting in Eight, Moving by Color
15 March - 25 May 2015
Under the title COUNTING IN EIGHT, MOVING BY COLOR, KW Institute for Contemporary Art presents the first comprehensive solo exhibition of Californian artist Channa Horwitz (1932–2013), funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation).
Featuring important works from all phases of the artist's career, the survey provides an introduction to her œuvre and insight into key series such as the LANGUAGE SERIES, SONAKINATOGRAPHY, RHYTHMS, and STRUCTURES. In addition, a selection of construction drawings and documentary material is made public for the first time, through close cooperation with the trustees of the artist's estate in Los Angeles.
When Channa Horwitz died in 2013 at the age of eighty, her international career had just recently begun. Following a number of shows, including the solo exhibitions VARIATIONS IN COUNTING ONE THROUGH EIGHT (2009, BKV Brandenburgischer Kunstverein e. V., Potsdam, DE) and SEQUENCES & SYSTEMS (2010, Solway Jones Gallery and Kunsthalle L.A., Los Angeles, US) and the group exhibitions THE HUMAN STAIN (2009, CGAC Centre Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, ES), DOPPLEREFFEKT – BILDER IN KUNST UND WISSENSCHAFT (2010, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, DE), SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES (2012, Galeria Casas Riegner, Bogotá), and A VOID (2013, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, DE), the presentation of her works within the framework of MADE IN L.A. (2012, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US) one year before her death was enthusiastically received by the press and the public alike.