Apocalypto Now weaves found footage from numerous sources through a documentary on the history of the Hollywood disaster movie. Reality and fiction are blurred in imagery relating to climate change, terrorism, the Christian idea of the apocalypse, and the making of Mel Gibson’s 2004 film The Passion of the Christ. Global destruction is alternately portrayed as an urgent threat, ultimate fear, and ecstatic fantasy. For the original presentation of the work at the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, solar panels were installed on the roof of the building to power the work.
Permanent Collections
- Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
- National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
- Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany
- Rubell Collection/Museum, Miami, FL, USA
Exhibitions
- Apocalypto Now, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, 2009
- FREE STORE, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK, 2009
- Beg Borrow and Steal, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Florida, FL, USA, 2009
- Minimalist Works from the Holocaust Museum, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, UK, 2010
- Miracles, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany, 2011
- Miracles, Art, Science and Religion, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria, 2012
- FACTS & FICTION – Images of Catastrophe and Projections into the Future, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany, 2015
- Occupy Greenwich, The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, CT, USA, 2016
- Brainwashed, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, 2020
- We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, USA, 2020
- Catastrophe and Recovery, National Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), Seoul, Korea, 2021
- The Future Will Follow the Past: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz, The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Philidelphia, PA, USA, 2022
