Rebecca Horn: Concert of Sighs
11 Sep - 09 Nov 2024
Rebecca Horn, “Concerto dei Sospiri”, 1997, (Detail), Installation at La Biennale di Venezia, 1997, photo by Atillio Maranzano. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, 2024
With the exhibition “Concert of Sighs”, Galerie Thomas Schulte is showing an expansive installation by Rebecca Horn from 1997. Created for the Venice Biennale, the work combines visual and acoustic elements to create a haunting image of destruction made of broken stones, concrete fragments and wooden slats, from which curved copper pipes with funnels sprout like plants. The work fits into Horn's extensive oeuvre, breaking down the boundaries between different artistic disciplines and creating a deep emotional resonance. Further painterly and more recent sculptural works complement the exhibition and exemplify Horn's work of the last 25 years.