Roni Horn: Mother, Wonder

Name: Roni Horn: Mother, Wonder
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783969991855
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Roni Horn: Mother, Wonder explores the unique, almost fairy-tale landscape of Landbrot in southern Iceland. This book is the eleventh in Horn's To Place series, an ongoing dialogue between the artist and Iceland's distinct geography. The series profoundly examines the relationship between identity and place through a continuous, intimate narrative shaped by Horn's experiences on the island.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book will appeal to readers interested in contemporary art, geography, and personal narratives linking identity to place. It is particularly suited for those fascinated by Icelandic culture and nature or who appreciate artist-led explorations of landscape.

"The latest installment in Horn's epic To Place series portrays Iceland's mythic Lanbrot."--Provided by publisher.

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In the south of Iceland is Landbrot, whose geologic particulars present a unique landscape. It is a place closer to fairy tales than to science, indeed a place easy to imagine as the singular source of fairies and elves worldwide. It is easy, too, to imagine the sensual comfort and satisfaction to be found there.

Mother, Wonder is the eleventh book in Horn's ongoing series To Place, which she initiated in 1989 and exists only in book form. All the volumes focus on Iceland and the evolving experiences of the artist there; together they form a flowing dialogue addressing the relationship between identity and place.

The titles to date in the coveted To Place encyclopedia are Bluff Life (1990), Folds (1991), Lava (1992), Pooling Waters (1994), Verne's Journey (1995), Haraldsdóttir (1996), Arctic Circles (1998), Becoming a Landscape (2001), Doubt Box (2006) and Haraldsdóttir, Part Two (2011).

In To Place the viewer is me and the view is Iceland. This reciprocity is key to this body of work. Each volume is a dialogue spun directly out of this interchange. - Roni Horn

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783969991855

Publisher: Steidl Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 May 2023

Country: Germany

Imprint: Steidl Verlag

Illustration: 62 color photographs, Four-color process

Contributors:

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 600g

Pages: 80

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Roni Horn was born in New York in 1955. Horn's œuvre focuses on conceptually-based photography, sculpture, books and drawing. Her solo exhibitions include those at Tate Modern, Whitney Museum of American Art, Centre Pompidou, Kunsthalle Bregenz, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Kunsthalle Basel, Fundació Joan Miró, De Pont Foundation, Fondation Beyeler and the Menil Drawing Institute. Horn's books with Steidl include bird (2008), aka (2010), Hack Wit (2015), Th Rose Prblm (2016), Remembered Words, A Specimen Concordance (2019), Dogs' Chorus (2019), Remembered Words (2022) and LOG (2022).