REBECCA HORN - DIALOGO DELLA VEDOVA PARADISIACA

REBECCA HORN - DIALOGO DELLA VEDOVA PARADISIACA

Published by: Samanedizioni, 1976, first edition of 1000 copies.

Paperback, 24 pages

22 x 13,8 cm

Language: Italian and English

Condition: Very good

Published in 1976 by Samanedizioni in a limited edition of 1,000 copies, Dialogo della Vedova Paradisiaca is a rare artist’s book by Rebecca Horn. This 24-page bilingual volume (Italian/English) explores the artist’s poetic and fragmented reflections on Vedova Paradisiaca, a kinetic sculpture made of metal and black rooster feathers, expanding like a mourning shroud.
Through intimate, almost mechanical musings—“The construction of this Object-Woman is fragile and does not work well yet. I must change the mechanism once more before I can truly speak to her…”—Horn reveals her fascination with transformation, hybridity, and the body as an evolving machine. A striking example of 1970s avant-garde experimentation, this book is a must-have for collectors and enthusiasts of conceptual and performative art.