During Horn’s residency at ISCP (International Study and Curatorial Program) NYC in fall 2022, the artist started implementing ideas of combining photography and painting. The “NYC Still Lifes – Ghost Monologues” present a series of still lifes, taken at Horn’s NYC apartment, furniture, and objects of the everyday, that interest her in their dimension of having their own secret memories. The photographs are inkjet-printed on canvas and then Horn adds a layer of ghostly appearances to it with paintings, merging the real with a world that only exists as a feeling. Besides the paintings Horn presents a series of vintage architecture lamps - of which Rama used multiple in her home and studio in Turin - and transforms them into sculptures by painting and installing them with found antique objects. These works establish a dialogue with Carol Rama, whose timeless work Horn admires, for its radical intimacy, being deeply inspired by the interiors of Rama’s house in Turin, where the artist lived and worked for over 70 years.

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NYC still lifes / Ghost Monologue I (Clea), 2023, oil and oil stick on inkjet printed linen, 90 × 60 cm, in artist’s frame.

NYC still lifes / Ghost Monologue II (Helicopter), 2023, oil and oil stick on inkjet printed linen, 90 × 60 cm, in artist’s frame.

NYC still lifes / Ghost Monologue III (The Game), 2023, oil and oil stick on inkjet printed linen, 90 × 60 cm, in artist’s frame.

NYC still lifes / Ghost Monologue IV (Rapunzel), 2023, oil and oil stick on inkjet printed linen, 90 × 60 cm, in artist’s frame.

NYC still lifes / Ghost Monologue V (The Frogs), 2023, oil and oil stick on inkjet printed linen, 90 × 60 cm, in artist’s frame.

Per Carol (Piede di principessa), 2023, vintage architecture desk lamp, cast iron lamp stand, found objects, ca. 70x70 cm.

Per Carol (L‘oro del gatto), 2023, vintage architecture desk lamp, acrylic paints, leather straps, found objects, ca. 50x60 cm.

Per Carol (Amante del coccodrillo), 2023, vintage architecture desk lamp, cast iron lamp stand, acrylic paint, found objects, ca. 60x60 cm.

Per Carol (Lingua di cavallo), 2023, vintage architecture desk lamp, acrylic paint, leather straps, found objects, ca. 50x60 cm.

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Installation views Vienna Contemporary, 2023: Flavio Palasciano

Carol Rama
La Mucca Pazza, 2001
Marker and mixed media on architectural paper
13 4/5 × 18 1/2 in | 35 × 47 cm

 

Carol Rama
Bricolage, 1967
Mixed media on canvas
15 7/10 × 19 7/10 in | 40 × 50 cm

 

Carol Rama

La corona di Keaton, 1993

Marker on paper

11 4/5 × 15 7/10 in | 30 × 40 cm

 

Carol Rama

Senza titolo - 4 ritratti, 1994

Marker on pre-printed paper

25 × 35 in | 63.5 × 88.9 cm

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