Roni Horn, recognised with the Joan Miró Prize in 2013 for her conceptually driven work across various media, is having her first solo exhibition in Menorca at the spectacular Hauser & Wirth space. It includes a variety of sculptures and installations that engage with the gallery spaces and surrounding landscape.

‘What fascinates me has a lot to do with the essence of something that has one appearance but is really something completely different.’ said Roni Horn.

All of Horn’s works are based on enduring themes that have guided her ongoing poetic investigation into the erratic nature of perception, identity, and meaning. In the South Galleries, a complex exhibition of solid cast glass sculptures encourages viewers to see how light and weather interact. This series of work is iconic, mesmerising and simply beautiful. The exhibition also includes works in gold and copper from significant series the artist has worked on since the 1990s, as well as pieces inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poetry.

Literature is a major influence on Horn’s work, as the artist incorporates literary allusions into both the titles of his pieces and the actual works. Emily Dickinson is the subject of several of Horn’s major bodies of work, and the first lines of her poems are featured in sculptures from her “Key and Cue” series. Horn employs the lyrics as self-contained statements over the four faces of the bar in the series ‘Key and Cue’, refusing to be seen or read all at once. In these works, Horn transforms the text into visuals, provoking us to consider language as sculpture, devoid of meaning.

The show will be on view in the sunny location of the mega gallery until 27 October 2024.