Kati Horna Mexican, 1912-2000
Untitled, from the series Marchés aux puces, Paris, 1933/1960
gelatin silver print
6.75 x 6.90 in
17.1 x 17.5 cm
17.1 x 17.5 cm
With her Rolleiflex in tow, Kati Horna began photographing café and flea market scenes as soon as she arrived in Paris. Caitlin Ryan, a specialist in the history of photography,...
With her Rolleiflex in tow, Kati Horna began photographing café and flea market scenes as soon as she arrived in Paris. Caitlin Ryan, a specialist in the history of photography, explains that “Horna uses the camera to involve the viewer in the exchange and conjure the embodied experience of the flea market. Horna’s political upbringing in Budapest and Berlin, as well as her artistic tutelage under [József] Pésci, had given her the tools to capture the subtle, ironic, and often strange complexities of urban life and modern relationships structured around exchange.”
Exhibitions
Kati Horna: In Motion, Ruiz-Healy Art, New York, 2023Kati Horna, Jeu De Paume, Paris, France and Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico; curators: Angeles Alonso Espinosa and José Antonio Rodríguez (catalogue)
Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press. New York: America's Society, 2016; curators: Christina De León and Michel Otayek (catalogue)
Literature
Exhibition catalogue: Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press. New York: America's Society, 2016; curators: Christina De León and Michel Otayek, 112 (illustrated).Exhibition catalogue: Flores, Sergio, ed. Kati Horna. Paris: Jeu de Paume and Museo Amparo, Puebla, 2013, p. 53 (illustrated).
Mejorada, Alicia Sánchez. “Kati Horna: Un Mirada Insólita y Cotidiana.” In Cuartoscuro, September 2001, p. 22
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