Installation views from The Windows, MiART, Milano, 2024.

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The Windows, MiART 2024, Milano, Main sector solo presentation with MLZ ART DEP:​

For Anaïs Horn’s work complex, The Windows, premiering at Miart 2024, she once again delves into a recurring motif: the window. Symbolizing the liminal space between the private and public domains, windows become conduits of imagination, transparent thresholds bridging worlds. Drawing from drone footage, she captures glimpses on herself through the windows of her former New York 20th-floor apartment. These stills transferred onto transparent acrylic glass and juxtaposed with hand-painted silk curtains on aluminium curtain rods and aluminum (window) frames. Adorned with gemstone balls and tassels, reminiscent of traditional protective charms, they serve as guardians against external malevolence. Within the exhibition space, she constructs an immersive environment, integrating her own furniture designs, including a printed antique carpet, painted poufs, and lamps (all 2024). These pieces, accompanied by drawings from her The Windows series (2022), transform the booth into a domestic sanctuary. Through the interplay of windows, she distorts perspectives, evoking notions of voyeurism and surveillance. The juxtaposition of unconventional viewpoints and delicate textiles conveys a sense of solitude and vulnerability, echoing the urban melancholy of Edward Hopper‘s cityscapes. Yet, Horn’s work is dedicated to Josephine Hopper, an overlooked artist and wife of Edward. Self Portrait as Josephine (2022–2024) draws on elements from famous portraits of Josephine, aiming to evoke uncanny moments of déjà vu through their distortion. The Windows was initially conceived during her 2022 artist’s residency at ISCP in NYC, and developed between NYC, Paris and Rome, where the artist was a fellow with the Castro Projects Studio Program in spring 2024.

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Summer Interior, 2024,  UV Print on antique carpet, 195 x 120 cm.

xOxO (Blue), 2024, poof base, velvet fabric, cords, acrylic paint, antique embroidered letters, 

⌀ 45 x 40 cm. 

xOxO (75012), poof base, velvet fabric, cords, acrylic paint, antique embroidered letters, ⌀ 40 x 40 cm. 

Chess Lamp I, antique marble lamp stand, velvet lamp shade, acrylic paint, ca. 56 x 25 cm.

Chess Lamp II, antique marble lamp stand, velvet lamp shade, acrylic paint, ca. 36 x 20 cm.​