Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #551898 in Books
• Published on: 2000-04-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Synopsis
This comprehensive monograph documents the work of Roni Horn, the natural successor to 1960s Minimalists Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt et al, but with a markedly 1980s to 1990s conceptual twist. Horn "disguises" her work as Minimalism, but infuses it with personal poetic references and unexpected emotion. Initially working only in sculpture, in industrial materials in machine-made forms, in recent years the artist has also turned to producing photographs, often of her "adopted" country Iceland, which she has visited regularly for the past 25 years. These photographs capture the subtle changes in lighting and mood in dozens of images of the same subject. Groupings of sculptures and photographs are often drawn together in large installations which, in the barely perceptible changes from one work to the next, demand the viewer's full attention.

Customer Reviews

A catalogue to date of Roni Horn's work
This book contains beautiful images of Horn's work, coupled with interviews on the art pieces in question. It's not often that artists allow such insight into their work, and with this in mind, the pieces take on additional meanings, allowing new interpretations. I really enjoyed admiring and reading this book, as so many of Horn's other publications contain simply images...this was a refreshing look closely at the artist. She provided eloquent writings on her own work and its influences.
This book contained bites of so much of her work, that it provides an excellent taste into her talent , particularly if you are not already familiar with it.