Roni horn aka roni horn whitney museum of american art. Horn s work, which has an emotional and psychological dimension, can be seen an engagement with post. But just one level up, roni horns first retrospective in the united. So, i knew whatever i came up with already had a frame around it, with a certain identity to it.
Kathleen jamie on roni horns new exhibition at the tate modern. Weather reports you is published on the occasion of the opening in may 2007 of vatnasafn library of water, a longterm artangel commission by roni horn based in a library building in stykkisholmur, icelandthe first attempts to record meteorological conditions in iceland in a methodical way were initiated from this site in. Roni horn exhibit at the ica is gorgeous, entrancing. Unpaginated, with approximately 50 color and 50 duotone illustrations.
Roni horn aka roni horn exhibition at tate modern tate. Horn has also published a number of artists books in which she reflects on her relationship to iceland. Based on the holdings of the goetz collection in munich, and accompanying a 20 exhibition there, this volume offers a concise roni horn overview. Her round, colourful castglass sculptures seem to have a liquid surface to them, and many of her photographs analyse the nature of water. Roni horn is a contemporary american artist whose practice encompasses a myriad of subjects and media, including textbased sculptures, rubber floor installations, and photographic exhibitions.
Horn has moved from minimalist sculpture toward postconceptualist photography projects. Between 1994 and 1996, horn produced the photographic series you are the weather, which is made up of 64 photographs of a young womans face as she is bathing in various icelandic hot springs in different weather conditions. Though the woman always has a neutral expression, it is the small variations in her expression that you become sensitive to, as well as the settings, wet, steamy, brighter, or. Art21 produces the peabody awardwinning pbsbroadcast series. In this century, as young as it is, we have merged into a single, global us. Roni horns seductively perplexing work financial times. Weather reports you is one beginning of a collective selfportrait.
You are the weather 9783931141455 and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The twovolume book includes a subject index that brought together writings and reflections on works, themes, titles and topics related to horns practice. Add to bookbag sell this book add to wish list set price alert. Search by multiple isbn, single isbn, title, author, etc. Roni horn is an american artist who works in a range of media including photography. Roni horn peder lund gallery and art dealer peder lund. Horn knows that sexuality crystallizes on the circumference of ones being and that it is symptomatic of the center of human existence. The book is an intimate and erotic work of art, without ever being sexual or explicit at all. The granddaughter of eastern european immigrants, she was born in new york, where she lives and works. Roni horn s you are the weather features a series of closeups of a blond girl dipping in and out of water. One work, you are the weather 19945 involves numerous photographs of a young woman in the hot springs of iceland. Though based in new york, horn is engaged with the. Since 1975 horn has travelled often to iceland, whose landscape and isolation have strongly influenced her practice. You are the weather will not provide you with the usual passive viewing experience of a common art book.
Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Around the walls of this room are displayed the artists books horn has made over years in. It confronts you with the mysterious surface of one womans face. Calm without a storm roni horn exhibit at the ica is gorgeous, entrancing. Roni horn born september 25, 1955 is an american visual artist and writer. Kathleen jamie on roni horns new exhibition at the tate. From icelands hot springs to the murky thames, roni horns work is inspired by the elements. The exhibition explores ideas that interest the artist about mutability and place. You are the weather is an extraordinarily beautiful artists book, as minimal as it is complex. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. It may be available from zvab or other secondhand book portals. One of the few photo books i have bought, this is page after page of one womans face just above the water of hot springs pools in iceland.
Jointly organized by the whitney museum of american art and tate modern, roni horn aka roni horn is the most comprehensive overview of roni horn s work to date. I cant see the arctic circle from here lynne maphies. Click to read more about you are the weather by roni horn. Horn received an mfa in sculpture from yale university. Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thoughtprovoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the goto place to learn firsthand from the artists of our time.
Horns first photographic installation, you are the weather 19941996, is a photographic cycle featuring 100 closeup shots of the same woman, margret, in a variety of icelandic geothermal pools. You are the weather book online at best prices in india on. I seem to recall a particular essay involving a motorcycle and a book of. This book documents one such project where she continues her sculptural preoccupations with an inquiry into the relationship beteween locale and identity. Throughout these sequences, horn s abiding motifs recur. In the case of you are the weather, i originally went into that work thinking it was going to be part of this series of books. Documentation of the largescale retrospective of major works by roni horn with an. Roni horn you are the weather 199495 photograph of a young womans face.
Over the past two years roni horn has been working with a small team in the south west of iceland gathering personal testimonies from people talking about the weather. Using drawing, photography, installation, sculpture and literature, roni horn s work consistently questions and generates uncertainty to thwart closure in her work, engaging with. Her photography has relevance to my own because she makes frequent use of multiple images of her subjects to explore issues of personal identity and how this is or is not represented by the photographic portrait. Roni horn over the past two years roni horn has been working with a small team in the southwest of iceland gathering personal testimonies from people talking about the weather. Weather reports you book online at best prices in india on. Notes written by horn about this work were included in the catalogue that accompanied horns 2009 traveling retrospective roni horn aka roni horn. From wikipedia horn described her goals for this project in the art. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Thus horn asserts her place in the world by introducing her pathology into the pure geometry of the ideal world. N ot long ago i spent time with horn s pooling waters book iv of to place, a twovolume artists book inspired by one of her many trips to iceland. Cover may not represent actual copy or condition available. Are there differences between the installation and book.
852 1287 1194 94 400 1542 504 1245 1318 1192 171 217 1244 1213 933 1110 1220 975 991 208 447 1269 1250 418 505 83 1018 1466 1491 207 826 807 921 832 524 469 958 845 225 418 486 759 109 398 1254 504