Roni Horn2023610HE Art MuseumA dream dreamt in a dreaming world is not really a dream but a dream not dreamt is.

2Gold MatsPaired-for Ross and Felixa.k.a.To Place

This is an artists booka rendering of Roni Horns largest show to date, A dream dreamt in a dreaming world is not really a dream but a dream not dreamt is, held at HE Art Museum in Foshan, Shunde, China, in 2023. Horn directed the photo documentation published here with an eye to conveying the experiential aspects of the exhibition within the Tadao Ando-designed museum, a series of circular spaces stacked around a central spiral with daylight throughout. Woven together, in fluid and extended dialogue, are many elements of Horns practiceincluding drawing, sculpture, photo installation, monologue and artists books. From the two pure gold sheets of Gold Mats, Pairedfor Ross and Felix, an invitation to the viewer to engage with golds unmediated materiality; to the ambivalence of self in the paired self-portraits of a.k.a.; and the book series To Place, Horns ongoing exploration of her experiences of identity and place in IcelandA Dream Not Dreamt draws us as close as possible into the actual presence of her art.