To and for Mom (Tangerine)

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'To and from Mom (Tangerine)' is a portrait of the artist's mother, Verdell Redwine, with whom he shared a close bond. She is the subject of later works by Horns that commemorate her death from cancer in 1995, but in this earlier portrait she appears independent and strong. Horns never knew his father, who is pictured in 'Closure' with a hat and sunglasses. Laid over the image of his father - the only photograph Miller had of him - is the artist as a child. Inset in the composition is a version of a work titled 'Roma, Rome' a self-portrait Horns created while working abroad as a Rome Prize Fellow, a highlight of his artistic career. Both of these works were created by electrostatic printing on paper, the artist's signature medium, and speak to the highly personal nature of his work.