REBECCA HORN

REBECCA HORN IS A GERMAN INSTALLATION ARTIST MOST FAMOUS FOR HER BODY MODIFICATIONS SUCH AS EINHORN (UNICORN), A BODY-SUIT WITH A VERY LARGE HORN PROJECTING VERTICALLY FROM THE HEADPIECE, AND PENCIL MASK, A MESH HARNESS FOR THE HEAD WITH MANY PENCILS PROJECTING OUT. SHE IS MAINLY A PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION ARTIST, BUT SHE ALSO WRITES POETRY. SOMETIMES HER POETRY IS INFLUENCED BY HER WORK, AND ON MANY OCCASIONS HER POETRY HAS INSPIRED HER WORK. SHE WAS TAUGHT TO DRAW BY HER ROMANIAN GOVERNESS AND BECAME OBSESSED WITH DRAWING AS EXPRESSION BECAUSE IT WAS NOT AS CONFINING OR LABELING AS ORAL LANGUAGE. I DID NOT HAVE TO DRAW IN GERMAN OR FRENCH OR ENGLISH. I COULD JUST DRAW." WIKY. VIEW HISTORY.