Exhibitions views from Anaïs Horn: The Windows, MiART 2024, Milano, Main sector solo presentation with MLZ ART DEP. 

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For Anaïs Horn’s latest work complex, The Windows, premiering at Miart 2024, she once again delves into a recurring motif: the window. Symbolizing the liminal space between the private and public domains, windows become conduits of imagination, transparent thresholds bridging worlds. Drawing from drone footage, she captures glimpses on herself through the windows of her former New York 20th-floor apartment. These stills transferred onto transparent acrylic glass and juxtaposed with hand-painted silk curtains on aluminium curtain rods and aluminum (window) frames. Adorned with gemstone balls and tassels, reminiscent of traditional protective charms, they serve as guardians against external malevolence. Within the exhibition space, she constructs an immersive environment, integrating her own furniture designs, including a printed antique carpet, painted poufs, and lamps (all 2024). These pieces, accompanied by drawings from her The Windows series (2022), transform the booth into a domestic sanctuary. Through the interplay of windows, she distorts perspectives, evoking notions of voyeurism and surveillance. The juxtaposition of unconventional viewpoints and delicate textiles conveys a sense of solitude and vulnerability, echoing the urban melancholy of Edward Hopper‘s cityscapes. Yet, Horn’s work is dedicated to Josephine Hopper, an overlooked artist and wife of Edward. Self Portrait as Josephine (2022–2024) draws on elements from famous portraits of Josephine, aiming to evoke uncanny moments of déjà vu through their distortion. The Windows was initially conceived during her 2022 artist’s residency at ISCP in NYC, and developed between NYC, Paris and Rome, where the artist is currently a fellow with the Castro Projects Studio Program (April 2024).

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Anaïs Horn: Self Portrait as Josephine I, 2022–2024, video still, UV printed on acrylic glass, painted silk curtains, artist’s aluminium frame and curtain rod, Fluorite, 192 x 186 cm. 

Anaïs Horn: Self Portrait as Josephine II, 2022–2024, video still, UV printed on acrylic glass, painted silk curtains, artist’s aluminium frame and curtain rod, Blue Calcite, 192 x 186 cm. 

Anaïs Horn: Self Portrait as Josephine III, 2022–2024, video still, UV printed on acrylic glass, painted silk curtains, artist’s aluminium frame and curtain rod, Ocean Jasper, 192 x 186 cm. 

Anaïs Horn: Self Portrait as Josephine IV, 2022–2024, video still, UV printed on acrylic glass, painted silk curtains, artist’s aluminium frame and curtain rod, Green Moonstone, 192 x 186 cm. 

Anaïs Horn: Drawings from “The Windows”, Marigold, How to remember your dreams?, I like it when somebody gets excited about something, Schleppen & Räumen, all 2022, all pencil, color pencil, ink, watercolor, acrylic on paper, in artist’s frame, 35,6 x 28 cm. 

Anaïs Horn: Summer Interior, 2024,  UV Print on antique carpet, 195 x 120 cm.

Anaïs Horn: xOxO (Blue), 2024, poof base, velvet fabric, cords, acrylic paint, antique embroidered letters, 

⌀ 45 x 40 cm. 

Anaïs Horn: xOxO (75012), poof base, velvet fabric, cords, acrylic paint, antique embroidered letters, ⌀ 40 x 40 cm. 

Anaïs Horn: Chess Lamp I, antique marble lamp stand, velvet lamp shade, acrylic paint, ca. 56 x 25 cm.

Anaïs Horn: Chess Lamp II, antique marble lamp stand, velvet lamp shade, acrylic paint, ca. 36 x 20 cm.

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Installation views the Knack Studio