Meet the Artist: Timothy Horn from “Forces of Nature Renwick Invitational 2020”
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Timothy Horn, one of four artists featured in the exhibition “Forces of Nature: Renwick Invitational 2020,” creates exaggerated large-scale adornments that combine the natural and the constructed worlds. He draws inspiration from objects steeped in a rich tradition of decorative arts, science, and history with 17th-century jewelry patterns and 19th-century studies of lichen, coral, and seaweed. He works in traditional mediums, such as bronze and glass, while also employing unconventional ones, like crystallized rock sugar. The works selected for “Forces of Nature” embody splendor, fragility, and stillness and address the conflicted relationship between humanity and the natural environment, compelling the viewer to reflect upon expectations versus outcomes. “Forces of Nature: Renwick Invitational 2020” was presented by the Smithsonian American Art Museum at its Renwick Gallery from October 16, 2020, to June 27, 2021. The exhibition features artists Lauren Fensterstock, Timothy Horn, Debora Moore, and Rowland Ricketts. Each of these invited artists looks to nature as a way to contemplate what it means to be human in a world increasingly chaotic and divorced from our physical landscape. Representing craft media from fiber to mosaic to glass and metals, these artists approach the long history of art’s engagement with the natural world through unconventional and highly personal perspectives.
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4 min 17 sec
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