Rebecca Horn, Rosenheit der Propheten, Mixed media and acrylic on paper, 2010
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.

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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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