Pandemic Time

David Horvitz, Air de LA, 2020, engraved glass ampoule, wildfire ash from 2019 Los Angeles fires, 2 3/8 by 4 3/8 inches; at Praz-Delavallade.
A glass ampoule of ash-tinged air hung by a thread in the far corner of “oceaean,” David Horvitz’s second solo show at Praz-Delavallade in Los Angeles. Titled Air de LA (all works 2020), the piece is a redux of Marcel Duchamp’s 1919 Air de Paris, a sample of Parisian atmosphere; this time, the air inside comes from LA during the 201