Rebecca Horn

b. 1944, Michelstadt, Germany; d. 2024, Bad Konig, Germany

BiographyEducation: Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg, Germany, 1963Awards: Trägerin des Kaiserring der Stadt Goslar and the Medienkunstpreis Karlsruhe, Germany, 1992Carnegie Prize, Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for "The Hydra Forest, Performing Oscar Wilde," 1988Documenta-Preis (Arnold Bode), Kassel, Germany, 1986Kunstpreis Böttcherstraße, Bremen, Germany, 1979Kunstpreis Glockengasse, Cologne, Germany, 1977Deutscher Kritikerpreis for film "Berlin Exercises: Dreaming Under Water," 1975DAAD Fellowship, St. Martin's School of Art, London, England, 1971-72SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2001-00Carré d'Art Musée d'art contemporain, Nîmes, France1998Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York1997"Rebecca Horn. The Glance of Infinity," Kestner Gesellschaft, Das Neue Haus, Hannover, Germany1994"The Turtle Sighing Tree," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New YorkThe Tate Gallery and the Serpentine Gallery, London, EnglandVienna Kunsthalle, Vienna, AustriaBerlin Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany1993Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New YorkStedelijk Van Abbesmuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands1991"High Moon," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York1990"Amerika," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York"Diving through Buster's Bedroom," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California1989"Missing Full Moon," Artsite Gallery, Bath International Festival, Bath, EnglandKonrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany1988Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York1986ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, FranceMarian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York1985Galerie Eric Franck, Geneva, SwitzerlandMuseum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois"Prommenade," Parc Lullin, Geneva, Switzerland1983John Hansard Gallery, University of Southhampton, Southhampton, EnglandKunsthaus, Zurich, SwitzerlandCentre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland1982Gewad, Ghent, BelgiumKestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany1981Saman Gallery, Genoa, ItalyStaatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany1979Kunstverein, Münster, GermanyVan Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands1978Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany1977Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, GermanyKölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany1975Anthology Film Archives, New York, New YorkKunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, GermanyParis Biennial, Paris, FranceSELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2001"Celebrating a Decade," Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland2000-99"Regarding Beauty: A View of The Late Twentieth Century," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany1999"Inner Eye, Contemporary Art from the Marc and Livia Straus Collection," Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York1998"Breaking Ground," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York199747th Venice Biennial, Venice, ItalySkulptur Projekte Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany1996"Everything That's Interesting is New," The Dakis Joannou Collection, an exhibition organized by The Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece in conjunction with the Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark1995Site Sante Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico1993"A Group Show," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York1992Documenta 9, Kassel, Germany1991"Mechanika," The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio"This Land...," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York"Arte & Arte," Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy1990Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre d'Art Contemporaine, Bignan, France1989-90"Blickpunkte," Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec1989Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York"Departures: Photography 1924-1989," Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, New York"Magiciens de la Terre," Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France1988Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaBank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MassachusettsROSC '88, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, IrelandMarian Goodman Gallery, New York, New YorkSydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia1987"Stations, 3rd 100 Days of Contemporary Art," Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, QuebecSkulptur Projekte Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany"From the Europe of Old," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands"Die Gleichzeitigkeit des Anderen," Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland1986"Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art, 1945-1986," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California"Images of the Unknown," P.S.1/Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York"Wien Fluss," Theater am Steinhof, Vienna Festival, Vienna, Austria"Falls the Shadow: Recent British and European Art," The 1986 Hayward Annual, Hayward Gallery, London, England"Androgyn," Akademie der Künste, Berlin, GermanySonsbeek '86. International Sculpture Exhibition, Arnhem, The Netherlands42nd Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy1985"The European Iceberg," Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario1984"Von hier aus," Messegelände Hall 13, Düsseldorf, GermanyJapan Biennial, Toyama, Japan1982Documenta 7, Kassel, GermanySydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia1980Design Forum, Linz, Austria"Icontri 1980," 23rd Festival di Spoleto, Spoleto, Italy"Umanesimo-Disumanesimo," Expositions des Medicis, Florence, Italy1978"Videosymposium," Tokyo, Japan1977Documenta 6, Kassel, GermanyKunsthalle, Baden-Baden, GermanyThe Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York1975Berliner Festwochen, Berlin, GermanyFilm Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland9th Paris Biennial, Paris, FrancePalais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, BelgiumKunstverein, Hamburg, Germany1974Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaThe Museum of Modern Art, New York, New YorkProjekt 74, Kunsthalle/Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany1973Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany1972Documenta 5, Kassel, GermanyFILMOGRAPHY"Buster's Bedroom" (a coproduction of Metropolis Filmproduktion, Berlin, Germany; Les Productions des Versau, Canada; and Prole Film, Lisbon, Portugal), 1989-90, 35 mm, color, 112 minutes"La Ferdinanda-Sonate für eine Medici Villa," 1981, 35 mm, color, 90 minutes"Der Eintänzer," 1976, 16 mm, color, 45 minutes"Paradieswitwe (Paradise Widow)," 1975, 16 mm, color (unfinished)"Berlin Excercises-Dreaming Underwater," 1974-75, 16 mm, color, 45 minutes"Flamingos," 1974, 16 mm, color (unfinished)"Performances 2," 1973, 16 mm, color, 45 minutes"Performances 1," 1972, 16 mm, color, 22 minutes"Mata Hari," 1971, super-8 mm, color"Körperfarbre (Body Painting)," 1971, super-8 mm, color"Schwarze Hörner (Black Horns)," 1971, super-8 mm, color, 15 minutes"Einhorn (Unicorn)," 1971, super-8 mm, color, 12 minutes©Marian Goodman Gallery

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