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Wave Moiré 11
Channa Horwitz 2007
Ink on paper, 48 x 48 inches
Diamond from the Canon Series
Channa Horwitz 1982
Colored pencil on Mylar
Pink to Burgundy Circle Variance no.2
Channa Horwitz 2007
Paint on paper
Images © copyright Channa Horwitz |
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channa
horwitz
finding a truth for
one's work
I came to do what I do
by giving up all that I was trained to do.
Life drawing, easel painting, abstraction etc.
I chose to use the least number of choices
and have a reason for any choice I made.
I was searching for a truth for my work.
I did not want to be influenced by any one else.
So closely following my nose
and asking questions of my last work
I came to do my next work.
The phrase I asked was,
"What would happen if I...?"
That simple question lead me down a strange path
and to a body of very personal work.
~ Channa Horwitz
Source: personal email correspondence with Channa Horwitz,
used with permission.
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I experience freedom through the limitations and structure I place on my work.
It would appear that limitation and structure are the opposite of freedom. I
have found them to be synonymous with freedom, and the basis of freedom.
As I see the world, it appears to have grown and evolved through a series of
chances. My life and how it evolves appears to be determined by chance; but
in reality, it is a structure directed and determined by my desires, both
conscious and unconscious.
The theory behind my work is that if structure
plays out long enough, it will appear to be chance. It won‘t be chance, it
will only appear to be chance. My life flows as all things in the universe
flow, in a cyclical or circular manner. It is as in Lobachevskian geometry,
the continuum meets itself in space.
The beginning and ending are only one step away from each other. There is no
beginning and ending … in the universe. To live for all time, is to live
now. My life‘s duration is all time. [...]
~ Channa Horwitz
Source: extracts from artist's statement at
Anant & Zoo Gallery website,
where you can also view more of Channa's works.
Channa's works are also stocked and exhibited by
Solway Jones Gallery in Los
Angeles.
artisans
the power of limits
the wonder of wonder
creating from wonder
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