Pink Tons is a large cube-shaped sculpture made of solid cast glass. The base and four sides of the cube are composed of frosted pink glass and maintain scratches and irregularities generated by the casting mould, while the glass at the top of the sculpture is clear. When viewed from the side, the sculpture appears cloudy; when viewed from above, the work seems transparent, with the glass inside taking on a rippled or watery effect. The work is extremely heavy, weighing 4514 kilograms or 4.5 tons – a measurement referenced in the title Pink Tons. It is displayed on the gallery floor, although a thin mat of Perspex or silicon may be used as a support. The sculpture is intended to be placed at least 1.2 metres away from any of the gallery walls, and to be located near a window to achieve the correct lighting effect. The sheer weight of the object means it is difficult to place it in the centre of a room. The cloudy sides and transparent top of Pink Tons seem to highlight notions of deception and mutability in a seemingly solid object, especially when light is reflected and refracted through the sculpture. In 2008 the art historian Mignon Nixon argued that this work confirms Horn’s attraction ‘to the mercurial life of “substances”’ (Nixon 2009, p.182).

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