Category Archives: Joan Waltemath on Roni Horn

A slight elevation in the surface of the drawing occurs at the point where two pieces of paper overlap. The pigmented paper is dark, its shadow is subtle, and the raised form is only visible in a certain light. Situated directly above the torn-edged opening, which mirrors its form, the overlapping paper serves as a […]

Sensations that exist in the life world not available through the Internet will become rarefied. Back…

In these works one can still feel the resonance of artist David Rabinowitch, with whom Horn was associated during her time at Yale. What she still shares with Rabinowitch is a realization that one can attain incredible precision, not only through a rational or logical approach but also through poetic form. Back…

Opposition has a tendency to reveal the essential quality of a thing. Here the velvety smooth surface of the pigments sedate, just as their red color excites. This pigmented field obscures the cuts that often appear, in Horn’s more accustomed articulations, where large areas of unmarked but smudged paper serve as a ground. In this […]

A slight elevation in the surface of the drawing occurs at the point where two pieces of paper overlap. The pigmented paper is dark, its shadow is subtle, and the raised form is only visible in a certain light. Situated directly above the torn-edged opening, which mirrors its form, the overlapping paper serves as a […]

Moving into the red—there is always a price to pay for realizations as well as for indulgences. Back…

The material—the way Horn has applied the pigment to create a kind of velvety surface—opens up a sensual realm that can move beyond words to communicate through a felt sense. Sensations reverberate on levels where the mind is spinning its wheels. Simple and abundant as they are in daily life, events can also be hidden. […]

Leonard Cohen: There is a crack in everything and that’s where the light comes in. Back…

A recurrence of form. Back…

A tear is a tear is a tear, which, unlike a rose, is not bound to a singular sound. Whether read as a rip or a drip, there is a split that occurs in hearing, which allows for two meanings instead of one when moving T E A R from sight to sound. The opening, […]