Rebecca Horn - Les Amants [The lovers]

Rebecca Horn

born Germany 1944

Les Amants [The lovers] 1991 Germany and The Netherlands

ink, glass funnels, metal construction, motors

Purchased 2020 2020.99

The lovers prepare themselves, they bathe in pink champagne and black ink and embrace each other inside the painting machine. In a weightless state of love, in a crazed dance, they perform their painting.

- Rebecca Horn, 1991

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Rebecca Horn's painting machines are metaphors for the human condition, capturing an ‘animistic sensibility' that is central to her practice. While some of her body sculptures and machines were made for use in films, others are created as independent objects. Each seems to develop a unique personality.

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