photos: Stefan Altenburger © Roni Horn . + Museum Ludwig
Roni Horn is more interested in the visual power of the quote than its original context; in her adaptation of the structure of Henry’s famous exclamation, she substitutes the word “paradox” for “liberty”, thus equating the meanings of both terms. Continue reading Roni Horn
photos: © Belén de Benito . + Centro Botín
The artist has travelled extensively across Iceland’s remote, vast landscapes since 1975. These solitary experiences in a geologically young—and therefore changeable— landscape have long been important influences in her life and work. Water and weather are also central to her practice, as their mutability and ambiguous nature mirror our identity, understood as something that is not fixed or stable. Continue reading Roni Horn
In the artist’s Wits’ End Mash series, Horn’s use of image and language as subject matter acquires new potency. Continue reading Roni Horn
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© Roni Horn – Photo: Genevieve Hanson . + Hauser & Wirth
Reflecting the changing natural light from apertures in the ceiling above, Horn’s sculptures partner with the weather and the constant cycles of time to manifest her binary experimentations with color, weight, and lightness, and solidity and fluidity… Continue reading Roni Horn
Horn’s photographic work, ‘Untitled (Weather)’, displayed across from the new glass sculpture, Continue reading Roni Horn
