"Tree of Winter Dew Drops" contains a cascade of marks filling out the primary form. On close inspection one finds eyes and lips and any number of images forming and then disappearing again within the configuration of Horn’s gestures, which, in Winter Dew Drops, seem to speak to the fleshless of winter. This piece recalls the lopsidedness of the body’s memories, the fact that one side knows completely different things than the other as both engage so differently in the same tasks. Physical memories are a source that informs the ability to read one thing into a mark or gesture that might or might not be present for another. With her long history of performance works, Horn is an adept in the field.
"Tree of Winter Dew Drops" was a piece in Horn's "Cosmic Maps" exhibition. This piece was given the pride and placed on a central wall at the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York, splitting the difference between dour and ecstatic. Drawn in a watery gray that is delicate rather than melancholy, it features two centers of activity that could be eyes. Its it loosely symmetrical, grandly looping composition that recalls Dieter Roth's two-handed drawings, redoubling the figurative allusions.
I think this piece makes the viewer wonder around the watery grey marks to find what he is looking for. Horn does this on purpose to make the viewer think about the artwork. The different black marks makes me look all over the artwork and guess what the artwork is supposed to be.
Waltemath, Joan. "Rebecca Horn: Cosmic Maps." Brooklyn Rail (2008). Web. 19 Nov 2009. http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/06/artseen/rebecca-horn-cosmic-maps2.
Princenthal, Nancy. "REBECCA HORN: SEAN KELLY." Art in America 97.2 (2009): 134-135. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 21 Nov. 2009.
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