Studying the writings of Johann Valentin Andreae's 'Die chymische Hochzeit des Christian Rosenkreutz' and Raymond Roussel's 'Locus Solus', cultivated the artist's interest in alchemy, Surrealist machines, and the absurd. The sculptures of Rebecca Horn are events in space. Besides the given architectural rules she always establishes her own legitimacy. She works deliberated with different artistic methods on the idea to fathom out the extreme borders of space. The aura appearing from the directed dialogue of here various works leave the individual quality of each object far behind. Considered one of the essential artists of the second half of the 20th century, her artistic proposals are always borderline of various disciplines. The works, selected personally by the artist for the Jamileh Weber Gallery includes installations, mechanized sculptures and painting machines, as well as a selection of drawings and a new photo-print edition. The show explores Horn's most frequently recurring themes - sexuality, human vulnerability and emotional fragility - and illustrates the richness and complexity of her work. Born in 1944, Rebecca Horn has had her work exhibited in many leading museums and galleries in Europe and America. The winner of a US Carnegie Prize in 1988, she has two rooms dedicated to her work at Tate Modern. In 1994 a major survey exhibition was shown at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; and the Tate Gallery and Serpentine Gallery, London. Horn has been included in many major international group exhibitions, such as Sculptur Project, Munster and Documenta, Kassel. She lives in Odenwald, Paris and Berlin and travels extensively. The show will remain on view through Saturday, November 10 at the Jamileh Weber Gallery, Waldmannstrasse 6, CH-8001 Zurich. Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 11am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 4pm and by appointment. For further information or photographs please contact the gallery: phone: +41-1-252 10 66 fax: +41-1-252 11 32 email: info@jamilehweber.ch www.jamilehweber.com