In two scenes from the movie Stepmom, characters lip-synch to Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s rendition of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” Susan Sarandon’s character dies prematurely from cancer, as did Tammy Terrell in real life. The use of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” in Stepmom is an example of the common cinematic ploy where a familiar pop song, often by a Motown artist, is used to create a bonding moment between characters in a movie and between the characters and the viewer. As is the case here, often the song is by a black artist and the actors lip-synching are white.

Permanent Collections

• Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

Exhibitions

• Time, Life, People: Jonathan Horowitz at Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2001
• We the People, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2001
• Casino, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium, 2001
• the americans. new art, Barbican Art Centre, London, UK, 2001
• Tableaux Vivants, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2002
• Jonathan Horowitz: And/Or, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY, USA, 2009
• Replay: Out of Storage III, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand- Duc Jean, Mudam Luxembourg, 2011
• Video Killed the Radio Star, Warsaw MOCA, Warsaw, Poland, 2012
• Moving Tales. Video works from the La Gaia Collection, Chiesa di San Francesco, Cuneo, Italy, 2016