Why David Horvitz is retracing Marcel Duchamp’s footsteps in Buenos Aires by Kyle Chayka

Why David Horvitz is retracing Marcel Duchamp’s footsteps in Buenos Aires

Kyle Chayka
The American artist’s project for Art Basel Cities sheds light on one of the overlooked corners of Modernism’s international history and honors Argentina’s tradition of conceptualism
David Horvitz with Maitake mushroom. Photo by: Marley Freeman.
David Horvitz with Maitake mushroom. Photo by: Marley Freeman.
David Horvitz, The Distance of a Day (2013), digital video, 12’00. Courtesy of the artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin.
David Horvitz, The Distance of a Day (2013), digital video, 12’00. Courtesy of the artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin.
David Horvitz, still from Rarely Seen Bas Jan Ader Film (2007), Super 8 black-and-white film and digital video. Courtesy of ChertLüdde, Berlin.
David Horvitz, still from Rarely Seen Bas Jan Ader Film (2007), Super 8 black-and-white film and digital video. Courtesy of ChertLüdde, Berlin.
David Horvitz, Somewhere in Between the Jurisdiction of Time (2014), installation view at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles; 32 unique glass vessels holding seawater collected in the Pacific Ocean at longitude line 127.5° west, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin.
David Horvitz, Somewhere in Between the Jurisdiction of Time (2014), installation view at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles; 32 unique glass vessels holding seawater collected in the Pacific Ocean at longitude line 127.5° west, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin.
David Horvitz, When the Ocean Sounds (2018), billboard print on front-lit PVC, public installation at the Ghent Harbor for artlead.net’s Billboard Series. Photo by: Michiel De Cleene. Courtesy of the artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin.
David Horvitz, When the Ocean Sounds (2018), billboard print on front-lit PVC, public installation at the Ghent Harbor for artlead.net’s Billboard Series. Photo by: Michiel De Cleene. Courtesy of the artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin.