Since the mid 1970s Roni Horn has produced sculpture, photography, drawings and books, stretching the definition of each. Her works are grounded in a practice of incisive philosophical inquiry and material study that explores nature, identity and duality. Horn’s broad oeuvre consistently challenges the slippery definitions of sexuality and gender by dissecting and juxtaposing images and texts with objects — creating deeply resonant dialogues between the different mediums.

By focusing on highly mutable subjects, Horn has consistently explored human perception and the visual experience of our changing natural environments. By capturing the continuous flux inherent in water, light and weather, the artist is able to crystallize her broader interests in the relationships between places and things. By grouping portraiture with objects and drawing, Horn reveals the complex relationship between the viewer and her work and the dichotomy between the moment of visual perception and the lingering effects of one’s memory. 

This will be Roni Horn’s second exhibition at Kukje Gallery and her previously show was held in 2007. The artist will present over 15 works ranging from photographic installations to sculptures and drawings and will include her most recent works such as Portrait of an Image (with Isabelle Huppert) and Through 6.

Roni Horn’s works can be found in the collections of many world-class institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection and Kunstmuseum in Basel. Among Horn’s recent museum exhibitions are the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, 2000; DIA Center for the Arts, NY, 2001; Pompidou Center, Paris, 2003; Art Institute of Chicago, 2004; Folkwang Museum, Essen, 2004. In 2009 Tate Modern, London opened a retrospective of Horn’s work, which traveled to the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY and is currently at the ICA, Boston.