Photo installation of six black and white photographs on a white wall, all showing the face of a young blonde woman in water up to her neck. The expression of facial expressions and the pose of the face differ only minimally in the photographs. Roni Horn, Sammlung Goetz Munich

Sammlung Goetz

Roni Horn

December 3, 2012 – August 31, 2013

„Here is a fact: there’s a lot out there in the world that’s not visible either by nature or location. But these non-visible things affect you as deeply as the visible ones. This fact has guided me in developing many of the forms in my work.” (Roni Horn)

Artist Roni Horn has fascinated collector Ingvild Goetz since the early beginning of her concentrated art collecting. Among the first exhibitions after the opening of the gallery building of Sammlung Goetz in 1993, there was an exhibition by Roni Horn together with Felix Gonzalez-Torres in 1995. Nearly 20 years after the visionary exhibition, the Sammlung Goetz is now realizing a large overview of works by Roni Horn from the collection. The exhibition will be curated in close collaboration with the artist and can claim to offer a representative insight into all aspects of this unique oeuvre.

From May 17th, 2013 the Goetz Collection presents part 2 with a new presentation.

Roni Horn

215 pages, 120 ill., hardcover
German/English
2012, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern
ISBN 978-3-7757-3564-3
€ 25,00

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