Rebecca Horn
Rebecca Horn has a longstanding interest in the exploration of the boundaries between the human and the animal, the natural and the artificial. Often associated with the second wave of feminism of the 1960s and 1970s, her performances and films involve the ritualistic use of masks, feathers, wings and prostheses, exploring the physical and emotional interactions between the human body and the surrounding environment.
Horn’s alchemistic practice refers to the world of myth. Transmutation, the process of transformation from one state into another, is one of its recurring themes. Her films, such as Einhorn (1970), which features a female performer walking in the countryside wearing a bodysuit with a horn-like headpiece, reflect on vulnerability and empowerment, protection and restriction.
Exhibited works:
Documentation of Performances I (from: Rebecca Horn Films, 2003), 1970–1972
Body painting: Red Limbs, Blue-Blue-Blue, Red Breast, Black Expansion, Bad Dream, Black Cockfeathers, Head Balance, Shoulder Extensions, Feather Instrument
Documentation of Performances II (from: Rebecca Horn Films, 2003), 1973
Unicorn, Head Extension, White Body Fan, Finger Gloves, Feather Finger, Gavin, Cockfeather Mask, Pencil Mask, Cockatoo Mask (with D. Finke, Gavin, Karin Halding, E. Mitzka)
Copyright Rebecca Horn
Collection M HKA / Flemish Community