Roni Horn

Roni Horn in the Fundació Joan Miró museum in Barcelona , 2013

Roni Horn (born September 25, 1955 in New York ) is an American artist. Her work includes drawings , sculptures , photographic installations , texts and artist books.

life and work

Roni Horn began her art studies at the Rhode Island School of Design , where she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from 1972 to 1975 . In 1976 she moved to Yale University to specialize in sculpture, where she graduated in 1978 with a Master of Fine Arts . A travel grant (Alice Kimball Traveling Fellowship) enabled Horn to travel several months on a motorcycle through Iceland after completing her studies, to which she has been returning again and again. The experiences and impressions in Iceland have a decisive influence on Horn's artistic work. They are the starting point for many works, such as the ongoing series of publications To Place , which Horn began in 1990 and the long-term project Vatnasafn / Library of Water developed in 2007 , which u. a. contains an installation of glass cylinders in which the water from 24 Icelandic glaciers is stored.

With her works Horn tries to show an androgyny or diversity in the essence of a person or an object and for this purpose develops a concept of identity as something continuously changeable. One artistic strategy Horn uses to express this is the pairing of similar, but not identical, photographic motifs (e.g. Dead Owl , 1998) or sculptures (e.g. Things that happen again , 1986 and Untitled (Flannery) , 1996-97). She also works with subjects such as landscape, weather or water (e.g. Still Water (The River Thames, for Example) , 1999–2000) and with materials such as water or glass (e.g. Opposites of white , 2006–2007 ), which are per se changeable in their shape and condition.

The concrete placement of the works in the exhibition space and the associated influence on the experience of the viewer plays an important role for Horn and emphasizes her idea of ​​awareness and perception as situational and fleeting.

Her works are represented in the Yale University Art Gallery , among others . In 1992 she took part in the Documenta IX in Kassel designed by Jan Hoet . In 1998 she received the Alpert Award and in 2013 the Joan Miró Prize .

Exhibitions

• 2019: Roni Horn: When I Breathe, I Draw, Part I. Menil Collection , Houston, February 15 to May 5, 2019
• 2016/2017: Roni Horn - The Selected Gifts, 1974-2015. Fondation Beyeler , Riehen, June 11, 2016 to January 1, 2017, curator Theodora Vischer.
• 2015: Roni Horn: "Butterfly to Oblivion". Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles , June 12 to September 20, 2015, curator Bice Curiger
• 2015: Group exhibition: On the Road. Santiago de Compostela
• 2014: Roni Horn. Everything was sleeping as if the universe were a mistake. Fundació Joan Miró , Barcelona, ​​June 20 to September 28, 2014
• 2013/2014: Roni Horn. Portrait of an image . Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt , December 12, 2013 to January 26, 2014
• 2011: Roni Horn. Photographs. Kunsthalle Hamburg
• 2010: Roni Horn. Well and Truly. Kunsthaus Bregenz , April 24 to July 4, 2010
• 2009/2010: Roni Horn aka Roni Horn. Whitney Museum of American Art , New York City, November 6, 2009 to January 24, 2010, curators Donna De Salvo , Carter E. Foster, Mark Godfrey
• 2009: Roni Horn aka Roni Horn. Tate Modern , London, 25 February to 5 May 2009, curators Donna De Salvo , Carter E. Foster, Mark Godfrey
• 1999: Roni Horn & On Kawara , Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt, February 5 to April 25, 1999, curator Rolf Lauter
• 1983: Roni Horn - Three works . Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau, Munich, October 12 to November 19, 1983

Collections

• DZ BANK art collection , Frankfurt am Main
• Fondation Beyeler , Riehen: Dead Owl , 1998; Opposites of White , 2006-2007
• Kunstmuseum Basel , Basel
• Kunstmuseum Winterthur , Winterthur
• Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago , Chicago: 'Pair Object' VIa, 1990
• Museum of Modern Art , (MoMA), New York City:Bluff Life , 1982; Still Water (The River Thames, for Example) , 1999; Clowndoubt (Joe) , 2001; Were 3 , 2002; Untitled (Aretha) , 2002-2004 a. a.
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York City: Gold Field , 1980-1982; Untitled (Flannery) , 1996-1997; Pi , 1997-1998 et al. a.
• Tate Modern , London: Still Water (The River Thames, for Example) , 1999; Pink Tons , 2009 a. a.

literature

• Lynne Cooke, Louise Neri, Roni Horn and others a .: Roni Horn. Phaidon Press, London 2000 ISBN 978-0-71483865-6
• Rudi Fuchs , Hannelore Kersting: Roni Horn. Things Which Happen Again . Municipal Museum Abteiberg / Münster: Westfälischer Kunstverein (exhibition catalog). Mönchengladbach 1991 ISBN 978-3-92403907-3
• Hauser & Wirth (eds.): Roni Horn - Rings of Lispector (Agua Viva). Steidl, Göttingen 2006 ISBN 978-3-86521149-1
• Thomas Kellein , Roni Horn (eds.): Making Being Here Enough. Installations from 1980-1995. Kunsthalle Basel, Kestnergesellschaft , Hanover (exhibition catalog). Basel 1995 ISBN 978-3-79659901-9
• Dieter Koepplin : Roni Horn. Drawings. (Exhibition catalog). Cantz, Ostfildern 1995 ISBN 978-3-77570912-5
• Philip Larratt-Smith (text): Roni Horn. Bird . Steidl, Hauser & Wirth, Göttingen 2008 ISBN 978-3-86521669-4
• Nancy Spector: Roni Horn. De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art (exhibition catalog). Tilburg 1994 ISBN 90-74529-05-4
• Translated by Sonja Finck , Ralf Schauff: Roni Horn. "well and truly". Ed. Yilmaz Dziewior . Exhibition catalog Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2010 ISBN 9783865608161

Web links

• Roni Horn on kunstaspekte.de
• Biography on the website of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Yale University School of Art: Roni Horn. Retrieved May 31, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Tate: Roni Horn aka Roni Horn: explore the exhibition, themes, Iceland: Iceland | Tate . In: Tate . ( org.uk [accessed May 31, 2018]).
3. ^ West Iceland: Library of Water | Visit West Iceland . In: Visit West Iceland . ( west.is [accessed May 31, 2018]).
4. ↑ “I'm not this, I'm not that” or we're looking for: Roni Horn | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . March 26, 2003, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed on May 31, 2018]).
5. ^ Nancy Spector: Roni Horn. Untitled (Flannery) and Dead Owl. In: Guggenheim Collection Online. Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, accessed May 31, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Rahel Schrohe: Roni Horn . In: Artinside . No. 3 . Basel 2016, p. 12–13 ( artinside.ch [PDF]).
7. ^ Moving Water: The Flow of Roni Horn. Julie Ault in conversation with Roni Horn, 2013 . In: Fundació Joan Miró and “la Caixa” Foundation (ed.): Roni Horn. Everything was sleeping as if the universe were a mistake . Turner Publicaciones, Madrid 2014, ISBN 978-84-15832-52-2 .
8. ↑ Roni Horn . Yale University Art Gallery. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
9. ↑ Roni Horn | Beyeler Foundation. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Isabel Zürcher: Roni Horn offers small gifts at the Fondation Beyeler . In: bz Basellandschaftliche Zeitung . July 12, 2016 ( basellandschaftlichezeitung.ch [accessed June 1, 2018]).
11. ↑ Roni Horn: “Butterfly to Oblivion” | Vincent van Gogh Arles Foundation. Retrieved June 1, 2018 (UK English). 
12. ↑ Roni Horn. Everything was sleeping as if the universe were a mistake | Fundació Joan Miró. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Roni Horn. Portrait of an Image | Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Roni Horn | Hamburger Kunsthalle. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Roni Horn. Well and Truly | Kunsthaus Bregenz. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
16. ↑ Roni Horn aka Roni Horn | Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
17. ^ Tate: Roni Horn aka Roni Horn - Exhibition at Tate Modern | Tate. Retrieved June 1, 2018 (UK English). 
18. ^ Andreas Bee: Ten years of the Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt am Main. DuMont, Cologne 2003, ISBN 978-3-83215-629-9 , p. 193.
19. ↑ Irene Netta, Ursula Keltz: 75 years of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich . Ed .: Helmut Friedel. Self-published by the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-88645-157-7 , p. 238 .
20. ^ Roni Horn, Dead Owl, 1998. In: Fondation Beyeler Collection Online. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
21. ↑ Roni Horn, Opposites of White, 2006–2007. In: Fondation Beyeler Collection Online. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
22. ^ Roni Horn, 'Pair Object' VIa, 1990. In: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Online Collection. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
23. ↑ Roni Horn. Bluff Life. 1982 | MoMA. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
24. ↑ Roni Horn. Still Water (The River Thames, for Example). 1999 | MoMA. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
25. ↑ Roni Horn. Clowndoubt (Joe). 2001 | MoMA. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
26. ↑ Roni Horn. Were 3. 2002 | MoMA. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
27. ↑ Roni Horn. Untitled (Aretha). 2002-04 | MoMA. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
28. ↑ Roni Horn, Gold Field, 1980–1982. In: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Online Collection. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
29. ↑ Roni Horn, Untitled (Flannery), 1996–1997. In: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Online Collection. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
30. ↑ Roni Horn, Pi, 1997–1998. In: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Online Collection. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
31. ^ Roni Horn, Still Water (The River Thames, for Example), 1999. In: Tate Online Collection. Retrieved June 1, 2018 . 
32. ^ Roni Horn, Pink Tons, 2009. In: Tate Online Collection. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .