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(BOSTON) The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) presents artist Roni Horn in conservation with filmmaker John Waters on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 reserved, $20 members, students and seniors, and can be purchased at www.icaboston.org or by calling (617) 478-3103.

 

The subtle beauty and intellectual power of Roni Horn’s art will meet the transgressive tackiness of John Waters’ art, when the two longtime friends talk about Horn’s work, just prior to the opening of the most comprehensive survey of her work to date. Three decades of Horn’s work with be on view in an exhibition at the ICA, including sculptures, photographs, collaged drawings, artist books, sound works, and installations, and a five-ton glass sculpture. The exhibition Roni Horn AKA Roni Horn opens Feb. 19. Horn and Waters have collaborated before, when he contributed to Horn’s book Wonderwater (Alice Offshore). This artist talk is sure to entice, provoke, and entertain.

 

Opening Feb. 19, 2010, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston presents Roni Horn aka Roni Horn—

the most comprehensive survey of the American artist’s work to date. Using a variety of materials such

as pure pigment, 24-carat gold, and glass, Horn’s often gorgeous works evoke the mystery of the natural

world and explore notions of place and identity. For the first time, the ICA has extended a West Gallery

exhibition into the museum’s lobby, where Pink Tons, a two-ton translucent glass sculpture, and aka, a

series of self-portraits, will be installed. Three decades of Horn’s art will be on view, including sculptures,

photographs, collaged drawings and artist books. The exhibition runs through June 13, 2010. Roni Horn

aka Roni Horn is organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, in association with Tate

Modern, London.

 

Roni Horn was born in New York in 1955, and lives and works in New York and Reykjavik. She received a

BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (1975) and an MFA from Yale University (1978). Horn's work

has been exhibited widely in major museums and galleries throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia. A

retrospective was presented at the Museé d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1999. Solo exhibitions of

her work have been organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Kunstmuseum

Winterhur, Switzerland; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio; Castello di Rivoli, Italy; Dia Center

for the Arts, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and Australian Centre

for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, among others. Group exhibitions include the Whitney Biennial

(1991), Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany (1992) and the Venice Biennale (1997), among many others.

Horn has received the CalArts/Alpert Award in the Arts, several NEA fellowships, and a Guggenheim

fellowship.

 

John Waters is a filmmaker, author and photographer based in Baltimore and New York who became

famous as "the pope of trash" (William Burroughs) and the king of suburban exploitation. Waters' work

shows gleeful irreverence and appreciation of the American grotesque. His films, photos and writings

make the transition from underground to mainstream without losing their aesthetic integrity. Among his

best known films are Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, Divine, Serial Mom,

Pecker, and Cecil B. Demented. He is also the author of Shock Value; Crackpot (recently reissued); Trash

 

An influential forum for multi-disciplinary arts, the Institute of Contemporary Art has been at the leading

edge of art in Boston for more than 70 years. Like its iconic building on Boston's waterfront, the ICA

offers new ways of engaging with the world around us. Its exhibitions and programs provide access to

contemporary art, artists, and the creative process, inviting audiences of all ages and backgrounds to

participate in the excitement of new art and ideas. The ICA, located at 100 Northern Avenue, is open

Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 am - 5 pm; Thursday and Friday, 10 am - 9 pm; and Saturday and Sunday,

10 am - 5 pm. Admission is $15 adults, $13 seniors and $10 students, and free for members and children 17

and under. ICA Free Admission for Youth is sponsored by State Street Foundation. Free admission on

Target Free Thursday Nights, 5 - 9 pm. Free admission for families at ICA Play Dates (2 adults + children

12 and under) on the last Saturday of the month. For more information, call 617-478-3100 or visit our

Web site at www.icaboston.org.

 

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