Rebecca Horn

In June 2017, Rebecca Horn was awarded the prestigious Wilhelm Lehmbruck Prize in recognition of her work and poetics that have profoundly influenced sculpture in the 20th and 21st centuries. Her works explore the meaning of human relationships with a relentless focus on nature and the energy that connects living beings and the cosmos.

works

In primo piano

Die Dreifaltigkeit der Begierde (The Trinity of Desire), 2021, 2 brass rings, steel, motor, shell, 124 x 25 x 43 cm

Die Brüste der Dreieinigkeit (The Breasts of the Trinity), 2019, 2 mirrors, shell, steel, brass, motor, electronic device, 121 x 28 x 46 cm

Die Wimpern der Gottheit (The Lashes of Divinity), 2019, shell, glass, steel, brass, motor, electronic device, salt crystals, 157 x 26 x 29 cm

Passing the Moon of Evidence II, 2017, steel, glass, branches, motor, mirrors, black colored paperboard, brass, electronic device, 110 x 87 x 28 cm

The Lost Ones, Samuel Beckett, 2015, steel, glass surface treated with flaming, writing on the flaming glass surface, glass funnel, brush, saw blade, feather, wood, electronic device, brass, wire, 116 x 77 x 31 cm

Paesaggio giallo, 2004, paint on mirror, glass, yellow pigment, metal, 36,6 x 21 x 8 cm

Metamorphosis Ovidio, 2012, branches, cast-iron skull, steel, stones, light, wooden-pedestal, 217 x 90 x 80 cm

Feder Flug (Flight of Feathers), 2015, acrylic, pencil on paper, 181 x 150 cm, framed 207 x 175 cm

Schreib Frucht - VI, 2015, pencil and acrylic on paper, 40 x 30 cm, framed 63,5 x 52,5 cm

Schreib Frucht - VII, 2015, pencil and acrylic on paper, 40 x 30 cm, framed 63,5 x 52,5 cm

Untitled, 2014, pencil and acrylic on paper, 32 x 24 cm, framed 56 x 46 cm

Untitled, 2013, acrylic and ink on paper, 32 x 24,5 cm, framed 56 x 46 cm

1004 Night, 2013, pencil and acrylic on paper, 40 x 30 cm, framed 64 x 52 cm

Capuzzelle, 2012, acrylic on paper, 31,5 x 24,5 cm, framed 54 x 48 cm

The pope in trees, 2006, mixed media on paper, 32 x 23 cm, framed 48 x 38 cm

Untitled, 2003, oil and mixed media on paper, 32 x 23 cm, framed 48 x 38 cm

Untitled, 2003, mixed media on paper, 28 x 21 cm, framed 48 x 38 cm

video

Rebecca Horn in Naples
Italy, 8’

catalogue

Rebecca Horn was born in Michelstadt, Germany, in 1944.
She has exhibited in the world's leading museums and has taken part in the most prestigious international exhibitions, ranging from Documenta in Kassel (1972, 1977, 1982 and 1992) to the Venice Biennale (1980, 1986, 1997 and 2022). Her works are in the collections of museums such as the Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Nationalgalerie in Berlin. One of her site-specific installations is part of the permanent collection at the Museo Madre in Naples. In 2010 in Japan, Rebecca Horn received the Praemium Imperiale for sculpture and in 2016 she became a member of the "Orden pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste” which is the highest honor bestowed upon artists and scientists in the Federal Republic of Germany. In June of 2017, she was the first woman to receive the prestigious Wilhelm Lehmbruck Prize in recognition of her work and her poetics which have profoundly influenced sculptural arts in the 20th and 21st centuries. The Centre Pompidou Metz and the Tinguely Museum in Basel dedicated the anthological exhibition Théâtre des métamorphoses to her in 2019-2020. Her extensive retrospective at the Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna, which opened in September 2021, came to an end in January, 2022.
She has been represented in Italy by the Studio Trisorio since 2003. In April 2024, the Haus der Kunst in Munich dedicated an extensive retrospective to her spanning six decades of her career, running until 13 October 2024
Rebecca Horn è nata a Michelstadt, Germania, nel 1944.
Ha esposto nei principali musei del mondo e ha preso parte alle più prestigiose esposizioni internazionali, da Documenta a Kassel (1972, 1977, 1982 e 1992) alla Biennale di Venezia (1980, 1986, 1997 e 2022). I suoi lavori sono nelle collezioni di musei quali il Solomon R. Guggenheim di New York, la Tate Gallery di Londra, il Centre Pompidou di Parigi e la Nationalgalerie di Berlino. Una sua installazione site specific fa parte della collezione permanente del Museo Madre di Napoli. Nel 2010 Rebecca Horn ha ricevuto in Giappone il Premio Imperiale per la scultura, nel settembre 2016 è diventata membro dell’“Orden pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste” che costituisce la più alta onorificenza conferita ad artisti e scienziati dalla Repubblica Federale della Germania. Nel giugno 2017 è stata la prima donna a ricevere il prestigioso Wilhelm Lehmbruck Prize come riconoscimento per il suo lavoro e la sua poetica che hanno profondamente influenzato le arti scultoree fra XX e XXI secolo. Fra il 2019 e il 2020 il Centre Pompidou Metz e il Tinguely Museum di Basilea le hanno dedicato la mostra antologica Théâtre des métamorphoses. Nel gennaio 2022 si è conclusa la sua vasta retrospettiva al Bank Austria Kunstforum di Vienna inaugurata nel settembre 2021.
In Italia è rappresentata dallo Studio Trisorio dal 2003. Nell’aprile 2024 la Haus der Kunst di Monaco di Baviera le ha dedicato una vasta retrospettiva che ripercorre ben sei decenni della sua carriera, in corso fino al 13 ottobre 2024.