Exhibitions views from Anaïs Horn, High Expectations, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, 2026. 

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After the Interior draws on archival images of Jewish apartments in Vienna, taken in 1937–38 by photographer Robert Haas (Vienna 1898 – New York 1997), who was often commissioned by Jewish residents to document their homes and belongings prior to deportations and forced displacement; the material is now held in the Wien Museum archive. Horn transfers the images onto delicate rice paper and partially overpaints them with white gouache, erasing the interiors while leaving only the books visible. Through this gesture, the photographs shift from document to reflection: the remaining books appear as carriers of knowledge that resist erasure.

 

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After the Interior I, 2026

Gouache and varnish on inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Rice Paper, from an archival photograph by Robert Haas: Wohnung László (Ladislaus) Berczeller, Bleichergasse 6−Arbeitszimmer, Vienna, 1938 (Archive Wien Museum), 40 x 40 cm.

 

After the Interior II, 2026

Gouache and varnish on inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Rice Paper, from an archival photograph by Robert Haas: Wohnung Ostersetzer, Vienna, 1938 (Archive Wien Museum), 40 x 50 cm.

 

After the Interior III, 2026

Gouache and varnish on inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Rice Paper, from an archival photograph by Robert Haas: Ansicht einer Wohnung entworfen vom Architekten Ernst Fuchs (Ernest Fooks), Vienna, 1937 (Archive Wien Museum), 40 x 40 cm.

 

After the Interior IV, 2026

Gouache and varnish on inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Rice Paper, from an archival photograph by Robert Haas: Wohnung Hayek−Wohnzimmer, Vienna, 1938 (Archive Wien Museum), 

40 x 40 cm.​

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Installation views: Marc Tatti