- Artist/Maker:
- Rebecca Horn
- Bio:
- German, 1944-2024
- Title:
- Rosenheit der Propheten
- Portfolio/Series:
- Body Landscape
- Date:
- 2010
- Medium:
- Mixed media and acrylic on paper
- Dimensions:
- 71 3/4 × 59 in. (182.2 × 149.9 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation
- Accession Number:
- 2021-12
- Copyright:
- © The artist. Courtesy Archives Rebecca Horn.
Not On View
Works such as this one in Rebecca Horn’s Body Landscapes, which she made between 2003 and 2015, relate to the artist’s early performance pieces. She created sculptural objects for these events that, when worn, could extend the body into what she calls a “human painting machine.” Horn’s unadorned body has determined the scale of this work. Through performative gestures, she explores its limitations and capacities for transformation. Whether working in performance, sculpture, or video and film, Horn consistently draws attention to the body, opening up a larger meditation on the sensuality and pain, the power and vulnerability of being human.
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