DANIEL MOROWITZ
TELL ME YOUR STORY
09.04 – 09.05.2022
VISTA Project Space
“What is mythology but our own foundation, the story of our roots: a way to cross time and lift personal narratives through generations. Storytelling has been used to pass down history, in particular histories of people considered fringe from the mainstream. Throughout history myths have played an important part in our own world history, particularly in representation and art history. “Tell Me A Story,” Daniel Morowitz’s solo show, attempts to Queer the art historical canon through the mythologies that created it. By referencing Greek and judeo Christian mythology, major themes throughout art history, Daniel is situating the figures in his works inside of an established tradition. Adding elements of contemporary life such as cellular phones or figures and faces pulled from friends, lovers, pornography, or the internet, creates a self-mythology about the work, elevating Daniel’s own life to the level of art historical canon. The major strategy behind this is the use of collage within the paintings, by cutting up and recombining his own paintings, he is able to take figures and objects out of one situation and into an entirely new composition; this cutting and pasting is reflected in the conceptualizing of the works as well through the use of cutting and pasting the mythological themes. This is exemplified in Chimeric Self Portrait where Daniel’s own Visage is hybridized with animal parts and situated between two marble columns, a direct reference to Greek statuary and temples with the contemporary figure interjected inside. This hybridity and chimerism is a major theme in the works as the In betweenness does not completely fit into any particular space and disrupts established norms. The work is an open ended story disrupting established art historical canon and allowing the viewer to rewrite it as they see fit.”
Daniel Morowitz
WORKS
Chimeric Self Portrait, 2022
Acrylic and Collage on Canvas
48″x50
sold
Caravan, 2021
Acrylic and Collage on Canvas
34″x44″
sold
Connection (Tall Tail), 2022
Acrylic and Collage on Canvas
48″x48″
sold
Forbidden Fruit, 2022
Acrylic and Collage on Canvas
22″x26″
sold
Urban Eden, 2022
Acrylic and Collage on Canvas
24″x24″
sold
St. George and the Dragon, 2020
Acrylic and Collage on Canvas
46″x46″
sold
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BIO:
Daniel Morowitz (b. 1989) is a painter based in Jersey City, NJ with a Bachelor’s Degree from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University and a Masters
Degree from Montclair State University; Exhibitions’ include shows in Brooklyn, NY at the Buggy Factory, Trestle Gallery, La Bodega Gallery, Established Gallery. Jersey City, NJ at Curious Matter, Arthouse Productions, Novado Gallery. Hoboken, NJ at Proto Gallery, Manhattan, NYC at Field Projects Gallery, Here Arts Center, Proto Gomez Gallery, Anna Zorina, in Boston at Steven Zeviatas, Hong Kong at Over the Influence and co-curated “Line and Language” at the Watchung Arts Center and “Unnatural Intimacy” at SPRING/BREAK NYC 2020 and “Dogmatic Magic” at SPRING/BREAK NYC 2021. Daniels work has been featured in Hyperallergic, Two Coats of Paint, and VICE.
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Education
2015 MFA, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ Visual Art
2011 BFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ,
Painting
Solo Exhibitions
2021, New Mythologies, Domingos en la Playa, Provincetown, MA
2017, Young and Hung, BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY
2 Person Exhibitions
2021, CANON, Proto Gomez Gallery, Manhattan, NY
Group Exhibitions
2022, New Mythologies, Lauren Powell Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2022, Dogmatic Magic Part 2, Out Left Art, Manhattan, NY
2021, A Message from the Underground, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2021, QU(e)RY, Latchkey Gallery, Manhattan, NY
2021, Dogmatic Magic, Spring Break Art Fair, NY
2021, Animal Instincts, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
2021, Friends and Strangers, Over The Influence, Hong Kong, China
2021, Moved Still Lives, 961 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA
2021, No Body Like This Body, Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY
2021, The Privilege of Getting Together, Anna Zorina Gallery, Manhattan, NY
2021, Cave Canem, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, UK (Online)
2021, “2021”, Flatfile Gallery, Manhattan, NY (Online)
2020, Seasonal Repression, Field Projects, Manhattan, NY
2020, RECLAIMED, REIMAGINED, Field Projects, Manhattan, NY
2020, Unruly Hairs, Unruly Bodies, Curina, Manhattan, NY (Online)
2020, Art on the Wall, Flatfile Gallery, Manhattan, NY (Online)
2020, Suddenly Last Summer, Auxier Kline, (Online)
2020, 8×8, Flatfile Gallery, Manhattan, NY (Online)
2020, Unnatural Intimacy, Spring Break Art Fair, NY
2020, Leyline of Anticipation, Puppy American, Bronx, NY
2020, Postcards from the Edge, Bortolami Gallery, Manhattan, NY
2019, Figurative Dialect, Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2019, Rendering Likeness Volume 2, Established Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019, Queer as I, Here Arts Center, Manhattan, NY
2019, While Supplies Last, Seattle, WA