© Roni Horn
Interpretation
The indeterminate state of glass, which is simultaneously solid and liquid, fascinates Horn, who draws attention to the materiality of this form as it reflects and refracts the natural light and space of the surrounding gallery. The sculpture’s combination of unpolished and polished surfaces evokes ephemeral light while also highlighting the seductive materiality of glass and its casting process. With the poetic title of this work, Horn suggests both a personal memory and a shared cinematic encounter.
Mitra Abbaspour, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Information
- Title
- Untitled (Through the apartment window the opalescent screen of the open-air cinema rose above the rooftops. Immense fragments of Bardot's magnified body illuminated the night air.)
- Object Number
- L.2018.2.1
- Maker
- Roni Horn
- Medium
- Solid cast glass with as-cast surfaces, with oculus
- Dates
- 2016
- Dimensions
- 40 × 106.7 cm (15 3/4 × 42 x 42 in., 1850 lb.)
- Credit Line
- Private Collection
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