부산대학교 도서관

(b Michelstadt, March 24, 1944). German sculptor and film maker. She studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg (1964–70). After a period in London (1971–2), she lived for a long time in New York, with visits to Berlin and a visiting lectureship at the California Art Institute, Los Angeles, in 1974. In 1968 she produced her first body sculptures, in which she attached objects and instruments to the human body, taking as her theme the contact between a person and his or her environment. Artificial extensions of fingers and arms, antenna-like headpieces or disguises for the whole body illustrate the various sensitive functions of the human body (e.g. Arm Extensions, 1968; see 1983 exh. cat., p. 21). From 1970 Horn documented her work using video and film, establishing a connection between sculpture and action. She increasingly used feathers, for example in masks or constructions that enclose the entire body, closing off the wearer from the environment. The spectator’s occasional glimpses through the constructions produce a high level of intimacy; in ...