Roni Horn: The Detour of Identity

The Detour of Identity at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art showcases examples of key works from throughout Roni Horn’s career and is the first major solo presentation in the Nordics of one of the most influential and acclaimed artists of our time.

Horn's work essentially revolves around identity. Who am I, what does my gender mean, what language is available for emotions, what is the order of nature versus that of humanity? Her questions are philosophical and fundamental, her answers are the concrete artworks - open to interpretation.

Roni Horn is also a bit of a film freak, and she draws on the language and means of film in her practice and her stories. Louisiana's exhibition uses this entrance as a key to unlock her often enigmatic work. In the rooms, Horn's photography, drawing, and sculpture are thus presented together with film excerpts by masters such as Bergman, Dreyer, von Trier, Chabrol, and Hitchcock. In this way subtle undertones, secret messages and erotic signals of Horn’s work come to the surface.