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Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014. Install view at 356 Mission

Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014. Install view at 356 Mission

Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014. Install view at 356 Mission

Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014. Jonathan Horowitz explains the dot making process to gallery staff at 356 Mission, September 19, 2014.

Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014. Installing the first dots at 356 Mission, September 20, 2014.

Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014. Dot making in progress at 356 Mission, September 27, 2014.

Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014. Install view of in-progress work at 356 Mission, October 9, 2014

Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014. Install view of in-progress work at 356 Mission, October 9, 2014

Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014. Install view of in-progress work at 356 Mission, October 4, 2014

Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014. Install view at 356 Mission

Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014 (detail). Acrylic on canvas, 590 parts: 18 x 18 inches (45.7 x 45.7 cm) each, 163 x 1189 inches (414 x 3020.1 cm) overall

Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014 (detail). Acrylic on canvas.

Jonathan Horowitz: 590 Dots

September 20 – November 9, 2014

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Jonathan Horowitz, 590 Dots, 2014
Time lapse video of all 590 dots going onto the wall for for Jonathan Horowitz's monumentally-scaled painting, 590 Dots
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“'The whole project, in this iteration, particularity, is about blurring lines,' Horowitz said, standing in the booth as the VIP minions labored away. 'A lot of work goes into making art beyond the person whose name is signed to the canvas. Art incorporates the installers, the dealers, the people who guard the work, the people who buy the work, the people who write about the work.' The goal was to create a 'physical manifestation' of all these kinds of people passing through a booth at an art fair." – Dan Duray for Vulture.com, May 2015
"Every visit to 356 S. Mission Rd. prior to completion saw a curious pack of provisional painters daubing and brushing their own black acrylic shape with quiet concentration, designing with care their version of a perfect circle. The bare monochrome palette helped reduce extraneous or implied associations, although of course a few weird slippages occurred. The artist instructed his day laborers to act like machines-a project built to fail." – Andrew Berardini for Artforum, January 2015
"Jonathan Horowitz: No, I wanted to keep things as reductive as possible so the focus would be on the mark making. It’s incredible to see all the variations in texture and shape and size that result from the process. I also wanted the work to be black and white to maximize its retinal impact. Interesting that you say you felt like you were falling into your dot, because the viewer kind of falls into the work as a whole, as well. It’s very optical and can be a little dizzying." – Noah Adler for Opening Ceremony, October 2014
"It was very soothing indeed and I was surprised to be given a check designed by the artist for $20 — the going rate for all participants. I call that time well spent." – Hunter Drohojowska-Philp for KCRW, October 2014
“Zen or anxiety? Which will it be for you? Regardless, be sure to wear clothes for painting.” – Keith Ploeck for Glasstire.com, October 2014
"Jonathan Horowitz has brought massive scale collaboration to downtown Los Angeles and he wants (needs) you to be involved. In his newest project, 590 Dots, individuals are invited to participate by drawing an 11 inch circle in the center of a blank canvas with black acrylic paint. With no pencil or ruler to better achieve perfection, the exercise is a foray into the acceptance of irregularity and uniqueness." – The Work Magazine blog, October 2014
"Through October 18th, LA participants are paid – yes, paid – $20 to spend thirty to sixty minutes creating a solid black circle of approximately eleven inches in the center of an eighteen inch canvas. Paints, brushes, and canvas are all provided. The only rules: no tracing, measuring, or penciling the shape or size of the dot." – Genie Davis for Divulge Magazine, October 2014
Mecca Vazie Andrews & the MOVEMENT movement: Of Light and Dark: Part III The Matter of Compass

November 9, 2014

Jonathan Horowitz “590 Dots” completion party with a performance by Black Dice

October 25, 2014

Cafe 356: Lunch by Full Moon Pickles/Jen Smith

September 27, 2014

Jonathan Horowitz and Ali Subotnick in conversation

October 4, 2014
“590 Dots” Check #138 (blank). Participants in “590 Dots” were paid by check. The checks were hand-drawn and signed by Jonathan Horowitz.

Pre-exhibition announcement circulated through email, social media, and print ads.

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