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Informationen zum Autor Roni Horn wurde in New York geboren. Sie lebt und arbeitet in New York und in Island. Ihre Arbeiten sind in allen großen Museen der Welt vertreten. Ihre jüngsten Ausstellungen hatte sie im Whitney Museum of American Art! New York! im Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris! im Funacao Serralves! Porto! und bei Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber in Zürich. Klappentext Horn's new book Herdubreid at Home is a collection of photographs of the Icelandic landscape. As with previous works by Horn! its focus is specific: the book concentrates on Iceland's beloved geologic mascot! the mountain Herdubreid! and on the related work of Stefan V. Jonnsson! who painted the mountain throughout his life! and whose images have found their way into the homes of Icelanders across the country. Zusammenfassung A new book by Roni Horn, Her?ubrei? at Home is a collection of photographs of the landscape of home in Iceland. Her?ubrei?, Iceland’s much-loved mountain, and Stéfan V. Jónsson, who painted the mountain throughout his life, are at the center of this work. His paintings of Her?ubrei? have found their way into the homes of Icelanders around the country making it the cultural and geologic leitmotiv and mascot of the island.
