Roni Horn: Bird

by Roni Horn

Bird is the culmination of Roni Horn's long-running photographic series of taxidermied Icelandic wildfowl. Photographed at close range against white backgrounds which recall conventional studio portraiture, the birds are viewed from behind, abstracting their varied physiognomies and markings into inscrutable shapes and patterns. Despite the title's singularity, the birds in this series are presented as diptychs in order to compare and contrast...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3865216692
• ISBN13: 9783865216694
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Steidl
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.1" x 12.1"