I’m very pleased to be opening a solo exhibition of “Wide Eyed” with The Alice Wilds in Milwaukee. The show will include many recent works I’ve not had the occasion to exhibit previously and there will be a companion publication to follow. Additionally, I’ll be rehanging the exhibition on multiple occasions in order to experiment with different methods of presenting the work. If you’re within visiting distance of Milwaukee I’d love for you to see the show.

Jon Horvath
Wide Eyed : Variations

On view from Friday, February 5 through Saturday, April 10, 2021. For this, his second solo exhibition at The Alice Wilds, the artist has selected photographs from his ongoing and open-ended body of work, currently in its 15th year. Horvath will rehang the exhibition multiple times throughout the run of the show in order to experiment with new sequencing strategies, image relationships, and poetic structures. A companion publication pairing Wide Eyed images with responsive text from various writers will be released in early March and available for purchase in the gallery. Wide Eyed persists as the undercurrent of Horvath’s full artistic practice, bridging the gaps between more pointed and scripted works. As such, the project embraces the act of photographic wandering, seeking moments of discovery and identifying parallels between seemingly unrelated events. Wide Eyed functions analogously to an archive or database; a repository for meditations, glimpses, and passing thoughts about anything he may come to encounter within the everyday. It is a breathing body of images that continues to change shape and embrace new arrangements upon each unique installation. We will be open on Fridays and Saturdays from 11-5PM. Please note that we are currently practicing social distancing guidelines; we ask that you please keep your distance from others and wear a mask.

Jon Horvath
“Untitled,” from “Wide Eyed,” 2018/2021
Archival inkjet print
16 x 20 inches, Edition of 6
24 x 30 inches, Edition of 3