Oh, Me So Horn
January 16th, 2010The Roni Horn Nebula! Iceland, the crossroads of culture!
"Roni Horn Nebula," 2010 by Michael Bilsborough
So many connections. Icelandic band Sigur Rós called in old friend (flame?) Ryan McGinley to do their album cover art when other Icelander Olafur Eliasson didn’t come through. Both artists had shows at PS1.
Sigur Rós album cover by Ryan McGinley
Ryan had a show at the Whitney, just like the equally handsome Roni Horn, who called her show “aka,” quite close to “Takka Takka,” an older album by the aforementioned band. One H and two O’s in “Roni Horn,” who takes photos of H2O, a material familiar to Eliasson. There’s even room for Björk.