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Rebecca Horn — Painting Ilias
Rebecca Horn

Painting Ilias

A mechanical installation by Rebecca Horn, *Painting Ilias* embodies the artist's signature fusion of the poetic and the industrial, as motorized elements enact a rhythmic, almost ritualistic performance. The work evokes themes of memory, longing, and the act of creation itself, with the machine serving as both surrogate body and emotional instrument. Horn transforms the gallery space into a charged, living environment where the boundary between human gesture and mechanical motion dissolves.

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

February 15, 2013

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Rebecca Horn, Painting Ilias

A mechanical installation by Rebecca Horn, *Painting Ilias* embodies the artist's signature fusion of the poetic and the industrial, as motorized elements enact a rhythmic, almost ritualistic performance. The work evokes themes of memory, longing, and the act of creation itself, with the machine serving as both surrogate body and emotional instrument. Horn transforms the gallery space into a charged, living environment where the boundary between human gesture and mechanical motion dissolves.

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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

German Artist, Performance Art, Mechanical Sculpture, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Avant-Garde, Contemporary Artist, Installation Art, Poetic Imagery, Female Artist

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