Press release
Spanning six decades, the multimedia oeuvre of Rebecca Horn (b. 1944, Germany) deals with the theme of existence, and the blurring of boundaries between nature and culture, technology and biological capital, and the human and the non-human. Whether one describes the artist as an inventor, director, author, composer, or poet, she sees herself first and foremost as a choreographer. Horn describes her artistic practice as carefully calculated relationships of space, light, physicality, sound, and rhythm, which come together to form an ensemble. In her performative, sculptural, and film works, the acts of becoming a machine, becoming an animal, or becoming the Earth present life as a visible, tangible, and audible existence that can be experienced through the body.
The exhibition “Rebecca Horn” is focused on performativity, from the artist’s earliest works to her most recent productions. Horn uses the idea of incorporation to create corporeal interconnectedness, from the first works on paper in the 1960s and the early performances and films of the 1970s, through to the mechanical sculptures of the 1980s and the spacial installations of the 1990s to the present. Virtuously interwoven references to literature, art history, and film run throughout her body of work. Horn’s practice is a lifelong and topical exploration in the decentralisation of humanity.
The exhibition is supported by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. The catalogue is published by Spector Books.
Curated by Jana Baumann with Radia Soukni.
Duration
26.4.–13.10.24
Exhibition film
„Rebecca Horn. Bodies in Motion“ Symposium
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Press Release regarding the death of Rebecca Horn (DE)
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Press Kit (DE)
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Wall Texts
Text Jana Baumann (DE)
Text Jana Baumann (EN)
Essay Jack Halberstam (DE)
Essay Jack Halberstam (EN)
Essay Jana Baumann (DE)
Essay Jana Baumann (EN)
Essay Jack Halberstam (DE)
Rebecca Horn
Kiss of the Rhinoceros, open, Steel construction, aluminium and motor, 1989
Photo: Gunter Lepkowski, Archive Rebecca Horn
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Lips Machine
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper, 1964
Photo: Jason Wyche, Archive Rebecca Horn
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Pencil Mask, 1972
Archive Rebecca Horn
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Butterfly
Detail, Butterfly, steel, mechanical parts and electric motor, 1990
Archive Rebecca Horn
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Unicorn
C-Print (concat sheet), 1970
Archive Rebecca Horn
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Markus Tretter
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Markus Tretter
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Markus Tretter
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Markus Tretter
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Markus Tretter
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Markus Tretter
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Markus Tretter
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Markus Tretter
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Markus Tretter
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Markus Tretter
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Markus Tretter
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Constantin Mirbach
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Constantin Mirbach
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Constantin Mirbach
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Constantin Mirbach
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Exhibition view
Haus der Kunst München, 2024
Photo: Constantin Mirbach
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Rebecca Horn
Berlin (10.11.1974–28.1.1975) – Übungen in neun Stücken, 1974/75
Filmstill
Sammlung Rebecca Horn
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
