At five tons, the pale pink cube that dominates the lobby at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, may be the largest, heaviest piece of glass ever cast. Then again, maybe it’s not. The art in the museum’s latest exhibition, titled “Roni Horn A.K.A. Roni Horn,” is ambiguous.
Horn’s art is up close and personal. You can’t fully experience “Pink Ton,” labeled “Untitled (Aretha),” from across the gallery. Nor can you just walk around it. To appreciate the sculpture, you have to peer over the side and look into it. Despite first appearances, the cube is not solid. Its interior contains a vertiginous, undulating pink swirl of cloud-like forms that seem to descend into infinity. This work, like many of her pieces, reacts to the environment. It’s constantly changing.



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