Rebecca Horn, one of the most influential artists of her generation, has died. She died on Friday at the age of 80.
One of the most influential German artists of our time has died. According to the New York Sean Kelly Gallery, Rebecca Horn (1944-2024) died last Friday. “Sean Kelly is deeply saddened by the death of Rebecca Horn on Friday, September 6, 2024,” it says. The artist and filmmaker was 80 years old.
“One of the most important artists of her generation”
“One of the most significant artists of her generation, Rebecca Horn began creating a body of work in the late 1960s that consists of an ever-expanding stream of performances, films, sculptures, installations, drawings, and photographs,” the article continues, among other things.
Born in Michelstadt, Hesse, in 1944, Horn later studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg. A scholarship enabled her to study at St. Martin’s School of Art in London before she moved to New York in 1972. In the same year, she made her first appearance at the fifth Documenta in Kassel.
The foyer of the Federal Council building in Berlin is dominated by an installation by Horn, the “Three Graces”. “The idea was to capture the light, set it in motion and bring it downwards,” the artist explains in a video.
During her many years of work, Horn has been honored with numerous awards and prizes. She has been a member of the Pour le mérite order for sciences and arts since 2016. Around three years later, she received the Grand Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Source: Stern
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