Jonathan Horowitz Show at The Brant Fdtn-Whole Lot of Witticism

My friend coaxed me to The Brant Fdtn situated on rolling green acerage in Greenwich, CT.  The barn like structure is a spacious 2 story structure which lends itself to art exhibitions & bird inhabitants amongst the rafters.  Indepth shows of a single artists are featured twice yearly & led by a curator.  Admission is free but reservations are required.  Situated on the lawn outside were 2 small Richard Serra sculptures & 1 massive, morphed shaped sculpture by Urs Fischer (b. Switzerland '73.)  Fischer had a smiliar gargantuoun installation in front of the Seagrams building.  In both settings, the sculptures mirror the building in NYC and the trees in CT.   The featured artist is Jonathan Horowitz (b. Amer '66.)  Horowitz is a multi-media, conceptual, political, pop culture, installation artist.  He uses photography, technology, video, found objects & is fond of appropriating other artists' works. There were "homages" to works by Warhol, Lichtenstein & Johns.  A small gallery featured a life size bronze  of a cartoonish Hillary Clington being crowned with the wording "Hilary Clinton is a person too."  The wall contained hundreds of small, silly figurines Horowitz painted, adorned and also used the wording "….is a person too" adding individual names (OJ Simpson) & classifications (convicted felons.)  I found this engaging, provcative & comedic.  The "open store" installation contained household items.  We were encouraged to take from or add something.  Horowitz did a lot of taking from other major artists' ideas.  An Amer flag covered in white with glitter appropriated both Johns & Horowitz's partner, artist Rob Pruitt.  The lower level galleries contained the most thought provoking works of social & political signfigance, for instance:  a minimalistic Kelly warped pink triangle and donation bins for various causes scanning pressing & polar oppposite positions.  The final gallery was a US presidential tribute that was extremely relevant & thought provoking.  Horowitz borrowed ideas but some of works stirred me to contemplate pressing social issues.  My friend & I noticed small photos in odd, out of the way places.  We asked the curator who said they are of wanted terrorists at large.   I encourage you to visit the Brant Fdtn & see what you find stimulating.