Ｈｏｒｔａ Presents "Decorative Heroes" March 20 - 29, 2009 in Tokyo

Installation view

Lunar Table with Mirror, Skull and Reclining Figure

Lunar Mirror (The Taking)

Reclining Figure

Lunar Table, detail

Skull

Deer Leg Table with Fighting Businessman and Revolver

Fighting Businessman, detail

Tree Table with Small Pirate Ship

Small Pirate Ship

UFO Wallpaper with Quarterback, Adam and Eve and Revolver with Lightning Bolt Table

Adam and Eve (Exiting Eden)

Revolver with Lightning Bolt Table

Quarterback

Gunsmoke

Attempted Mugger

Self-Portrait with Fighting Cowboys

All Works 2009.

“Horta is sometimes a gallery, and sometimes an antiques and design show room. It is this fact, as well as my experiences working in some of the wealthiest homes and corporate offices in New York City over the last few years that inspired an installation of sculptures and drawings that reference Decorative arts objects.

The Decorative and Visual arts celebrate opulence in materials and labor. In the home, these objects create a sense of purpose for the spaces we inhabit as well as a connection to the past.

Likewise, the mythologies we learn and create lend a sense of purpose to human existence and the things we endure.

The idea of the hero, or of being heroic reminds me of being a child and daydreaming about myself and my life, hoping that I could emulate the characters I saw on TV or in movies. Now that I am an adult the idea seems more complicated, and it is no longer so clear to me what the correct course of action may be.

The heroic characters are most interesting to me in their struggle within what appears to be a life-or-death situation. To me that moment expresses the absurdity and dark comedy of the human condition”

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