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Rebecca Horn

1944-03-24 – 2024-09-06

Life & Legacy

Rebecca Horn (24 March 1944 – 6 September 2024) was a German visual artist best known for her installation art, film directing and body modifications such as Einhorn (Unicorn), a body-suit with a very large horn projecting vertically from the headpiece. While living in Paris and Berlin, she worked in film, sculpture and performance, directing the films Der Eintänzer (1978), La ferdinanda: Sonate für eine Medici-Villa (1982) and Buster's Bedroom (1990).

Occupation & Career

sculptor, choreographer, film director, visual artist, installation artist, video artist, teacher, performance artist, screenwriter, artist, painter, director

Education

Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Goslarer Kaiserring; Praemium Imperiale; Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art; Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Berliner Bär; Wilhelm Loth Award; Wilhelm Lehmbruck Award; Arnold-Bode-Preis; German Critics' Prize for Visual Art

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Arnold-Bode-Preis · Austrian Decoration for Science and Art · Berliner Bär · German Critics' Prize for Visual Art · Goslarer Kaiserring · Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order · Praemium Imperiale · Wilhelm Lehmbruck Award · Wilhelm Loth Award