Rebecca Horn

Exhibited by Sean Kelly

Material steel, glass, painting on the surface of the glass, electronic device, motor, brass, wire

Dimensions 122 × 90 × 19 cm

Price Price Upon Inquiry

Status Vetted

About the Work

Rebecca Horn’s Augen Wirbel, the title which translates roughly as “Swirling Eyes,” was created at a time when Horn was creating her body landscape paintings, works in which she references the figure through the repetition of circles, a symbol of unity and infinity, with no beginning and no end. The mechanized wire needles or styluses move in and out of the vitrine repetitively, referencing the body as well as the needles and armatures she attached to her body in many of her early performances, which were about exploring and “feeling” space.

Through her use of movement and the circle Horn strongly alludes to the work of Marcel Duchamp, an artist of great importance to her, referencing his utilization of his optical Roto Reliefs.

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