Horn, Roni | Powdered Pigment #290, 1985 — available on Composition Gallery

Pastel, powdered pigment and varnish on paper. Framed size: 27.3 x 31.8 - provenance: Galerie Lelong

Roni Horn (United States, 1955) is an American visual artist and writer whose multidisciplinary work explores themes of identity, perception, and the natural environment. Utilizing mediums such as sculpture, photography, and drawing, Horn often engages with the Icelandic landscape, creating pieces that challenge viewers' understanding of place and self.

Roni Horn

Powdered Pigment #290, 1985

Name: Powdered Pigment #290, 1985
SKU: 4431

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Painting

PaintingPainting is the process of applying media to a surface, using a tool such as a brush. The term refers to both the action and the resulting object. Artists use many tools to paint, such as brushes, airbrushes, palette knives, sponges or fingers and hands.

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Mixed Media

Mixed MediaMixed media refers to artwork that incorporates more than one medium within a single piece. Unlike multimedia art, which combines distinct forms of visual art and often includes elements like sound, video, or digital media, mixed media focuses on combining traditional art materials, such as paint, ink, and collage. Mixed media art allows artists to achieve a wide range of effects and textures by layering and blending different materials.

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Pastel, powdered pigment and varnish on paper. Framed size: 27.3 x 31.8 - provenance: Galerie Lelong

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As is often said of photography, this photograph is a frozen moment. A frozen moment is not a moment at all.
- Roni Horn

Celebrated for her wide-ranging body of work that tackles themes such as gender, natural phenomena and language, Roni Horn works across the mediums of photography, print and installation among others. One of Horn’s most notable installations is You in You – the piece is situated in Basel’s east train station and is comprised of rubber tiles in the style of a walkway, mimicking an unusual basalt formation found in Iceland; Horn has travelled around Iceland throughout her life and has been largely inspired by its geographical formations and the isolation found among its landscapes. Horn has also been heavily influenced by the work of 19th century poet, Emily Dickinson – When Dickinson Shuts Her Eyes is a structural series comprised of eight poles, varying in length and each bearing a different line from Dickinson’s poem, A Wind That Rose.

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Lettrism is an art form that uses letters, words, and symbols to create artwork. The movement was established in Paris in the 1940s and later gained popularity in the 1950s in America. Lettrisme is the French spelling of the movement's name, derived from the French word for letter.

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