Roni Horn : Herdubreid at Home

Stefan V Jonsson's paintings of Her ubrei, Icelands much-loved mountain, have found their way into the homes of Icelanders around the country making it the cultural and geologic leitmotiv and mascot of the island. This title focuses on Her ubrei and Stefan, who painted the mountain throughout his life.

A new book by Roni Horn, Her?ubrei? at Home is a collection of photographs of the landscape of home in Iceland. Her?ubrei?, Iceland’s much-loved mountain, and Stéfan V. Jónsson, who painted the mountain throughout his life, are at the center of this work. His paintings of Her?ubrei? have found their way into the homes of Icelanders around the country making it the cultural and geologic leitmotiv and mascot of the island. Roni Horn was born in New York where she continues to live and work. Recent solo exhibitions of her work include the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Fundacao Serralves, Porto; Fotomuseum Winterthur and Centre Pompidou, Paris. Her recent publications, Dictionary of Water, This is Me, This is You, Cabinet of, If on a Winter’s Night…, Her, Her, Her, & Her, Wonderwater (Alice Offshore), Index Cixous (Cix Pax), Doubt Box (Book IX of To Place) have all been published by Steidl.