11/1/2013
David Horvitz
Chert, Berlin
At night, they leave their century. On the outside wall of the gallery the artist presents "Proposals", where he will allow his friends to post art and exhibition proposals. During the exhibition launch of the book that is a selection of watercolors emailed between Natalie Hausler and David Horvitz over the past two years.
Whether the sky be clear or cloudy, it always seems to us to have the shape of an elliptic arch; far from having the form of a circular arch, it always seems flattened and depressed above our heads, and gradually to become farther removed toward the horizon. Our ancestors imagined that this blue vault was really what the eye would lead them to believe it to be; but, as Voltaire remarks, this is about as reasonable as if a silk-worm took his web for the limits of the universe.
The Greek astronomers represented it as formed of a solid crystal substance; and so recently as Copernicus,
a large number of astronomers thought it was as solid as plate-glass. The Latin poets placed the divinities of Olympus
and the stately mythological court upon this vault, above the planets and the fixed stars. Previous to the knowledge that the earth
was moving in space, and that space is everywhere, theologians had installed the Trinity in the empyrean, the glorified body of Jesus,
that of the Virgin Mary, the angelic hierarchy, the saints, and all the heavenly host....
A naïve missionary of the Middle Ages even tells us that, in one of his voyages in search of the terrestrial paradise,
he reached the horizon where the earth and the heavens met, and that he discovered a certain point where they were not joined together,
and where, by stooping his shoulders, he passed under the roof of the heavens...
Flammarion, Camille (1873). The Atmosphere. New York. p. 103.
David Horvitz is an artist born in California. This is his first solo exhibition at the gallery.
The book "Watercolors," a collaboration between Natalie Häusler and David Horvitz will be launched at Motto at the same time as the opening. The book is a selection of watercolors emailed between the two artists over the past two years. On the outside wall of the gallery David Horvitz will be presenting “Proposals,” where he will allow his friends to post art and exhibition proposals. These proposals will also be sent out on an email list during the exhibition. To receive these announcements write to lilly@chert-berlin.org with the subject “subscribe to proposals.”
Opening Reception and book launch: Saturday, January, 12 - 7.00 pm
Chert
Skalitzerstrasse 68 10997 Berlin
Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday / noon to nautical dusk