Rebecca HORN
(1924 – 2024)
German sculptor, installation artist and film director, whose work often moved between artistic disciplines | 1944 born in Michelstadt, Germany | 1987 begins to make casts for a sculpture made of glass fibres and polyester resin | 1989 completes her studies at the “Hamburg Art Academy”; DAAD Scholarship enables her to study at “Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design”, London | 1972 joins the “documenta 5” as youngest artist; moves to New York and settles in the ‘artists neighbourhood’ of SoHo (Manhattan) | 1992 joins “documenta 9” | 1993 first woman to have a solo exhibition at the “Guggenheim Museum”, New York | 2010 honoured by Praemium Imperiale, donated by the Japanese imperial house | 2016 “Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts” | 2024 died in Bad König
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