If on a Winter's Night by Roni Horn (9783882439113)

Description - If on a Winter's Night by Roni Horn

To enter Roni Horn's realm requires courage. Actually requires courage. But you only become aware of this after the fact, when it's already too late. Attracted by the bright white or the stringency of the installation, seduced by the many faces and pairs of eyes, fascinated by the labyrinthine and yet clear rooms, you enter her realm somewhat unsuspectingly. And then the lock clicks behind you, almost silently, and you are standing all alone in front of a work that upon closer inspection suddenly seems rather dry and reserved, seemingly repetitive. In this volume Elisabeth Lebovici, Bell Hooks, Thierry de Duve, Urs Stahel, Paulo Herkenhoff and Barbara Kruger through their essays begin a dialogue with a work that seems eloquent because of its sequential polyphony, but that breaks many evolving narratives right away. The flow of its visual language impels the viewer to think, to circle around something that ultimately defies language and precise definition...around central aspects of existence: place, time, and identity.

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