Rebecca Horn

by Germano Celant

Explores the fascinating and tantalizing work that has won Horn two decades of critical attention in Europe and America. This book contains four essays and numerous photographs of her work, including early performance pieces, mechanomorphic sculptures, site-specific installations and films.

Genres: Art

341 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Germano Celant (11 September 1940 – 29 April 2020) was an Italian art historian, critic, and curator who coined the term "Arte Povera" (poor art) in 1967.
Celant was the renowned curator of contemporary art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and artistic director at the Fondazione Prada in Milan.

On 29 April 2020, Celant died in Milan from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. He was 79.

Reviews

[Pauline Halliday · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rebecca is the best sculptor in the world, her installations, are intriguing, mesmerising, exciting - any book containing her work is excellent in my opinion - if you have not been to an exhibition of hers GO IMMEDIATELY !!!