Killed By Roni Horn: American Visual Artist

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Roni Horn
There are many photographers out in the world today, but only one has stood out the most. Roni Horn was born on September 25th, 1955 in New York City and continues to live to this very day at 61 years old. Horn is a well- known and recognized for being an American visual artist and her work was strongly reflected the beginning or start of the Minimalism time. Her way of naming her work is very special and always have a significant meaning to them.
She states in an interview that “There’s so much written about titles. I don’t like descriptive titles. I don’t like titles that—if you don’t read them, you don’t get the piece. I want a title that can be an entrance to something, but never an explanation. A title is more about staying

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