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ICA presents Roni Horn retrospective
You are the Weather, Roni Horn
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In many ways the Institute of Contemporary Art is the perfect place to house Roni Horn’s art. Remarkable for its ability to transform at an angle, to receive reinterpretation, Horn’s pieces are often about identity and place. Now, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston presents Roni Horn aka Roni Horn, a comprehensive collection of the American artist’s work. For the first time, the ICA has extended a West Gallery exhibition into the museum’s lobby, where Pink Tons, a five-ton solid glass sculpture, and aka, a series of paired self-portraits, will be installed. Three decades of Horn’s art will be on view, including sculptures, photographs, collaged drawings, artist books, sound works, and installations. Roni Horn aka Roni Horn runs through June 13, 2010.
“Experiencing Roni Horn’s art against the dramatic backdrop of the ICA—where light, weather and water are continuously in flux—crystallizes some of her key themes of change, perception and memory,” says Jill Medvedow, Director of the ICA. “Her work invites close observation and viewers are all the richer for the beauty and pleasure Horn’s art reveals.”
“In Roni Horn’s work, nothing is quite as it appears,” says ICA Associate Curator Jen Mergel. “Approached from a different angle, a pair of 24-carat gold mats starts to glow as if on fire. Other works show series of seemingly identical subjects, which reveal subtle yet infinite differences upon closer inspection. Horn’s work captivates and draws the viewer in—making our experience of her art an essential part of its meaning.”
These varied meanings are integral to Horn’s works. Themes of identity and change course through her art, including the glass sculpture Pink Tons, which shifts in shape and color as the viewer changes their own perspective. Along with the exhibit, the ICA will host Roni Horn in Conversation with John Waters. Held on February 17 at 6:30 pm, the talk will feature Horn and longtime friend, director John Waters. Waters contributed to Horn’s book Wonderwater (Alice Offshore). For more information, call (617) 478-3100 or visit www.icaboston.org.