'DROWNING'
| Edition | Original Art |
|---|---|
| Sujet | Portrait |
| Technique | Painting |
| Height | 140 cm |
| Width | 120 cm |
| Length/Depth | 1.8 cm |
DE (English below)
Original artwork by Anna Wirth
- Acrylic and oil on canvas
- 120 x 140 cm
The work ‘DROWNING’ is one of a series that explores the themes of ‘remembering and forgetting’. The figure is based on an image from an old photo album, but has been removed from the original context of the photograph and anonymised. The absence of a face allows the viewer to project their own memories onto the work and evoke associations with moments they have experienced themselves and people they know. The title plays on the idiom ‘to drown one’s sorrows’, whereby the glass remains untouched and the person appears to be drowning only in their own flood of thoughts.
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Original artwork by Anna Wirth
- Acrylic and oil on canvas
- 120 x 140 cm
The work “DROWNING” is one of a series exploring the themes of “remembering and forgetting”. The figure is based on a template from an old photo album, but has been removed from the original context of the photograph and anonymised. The absence of a face allows the viewer to project their own memories onto the work and draw associations with moments they have experienced themselves and people they know. The title plays on the phrase “drowning one’s thoughts and feelings”, whereby the glass remains untouched and the person only appears to be drowning in their own flood of thoughts
Delivery may take up to 21 days. Thank you for your understanding.
Anna Lena Wirth
My aim has always been to portray people as individuals. For many years, I painted portraits, believing that people’s faces best reflect their identities. When, whilst studying art at the University of Wuppertal, I came into contact with dementia within my personal circle and attempted to depict the process of forgetting, I reached my limits. A person’s outward appearance could not reflect their inner processes. In search of a solution to my problem, I gradually moved away from depicting faces, until I eventually omitted them entirely. Since then, my works have played with the identities and realities of the people depicted. Through a blend of figurative, realistic and abstract elements, I allow the viewer to look behind the façade of faces, into the feelings and thoughts of the figures portrayed.
My in-depth exploration of this subject matter – including in my Bachelor’s thesis in painting – continues to shape my painting style to this day and inspires me to constantly reinterpret a wide variety of themes relating to the human condition. I prefer to work in series, in which I explore individual themes in depth and interpret them in various ways.
Exhibitions:
2022 – Screenshot, Wuppertal
; 2022 – CoroArt, Wuppertal
; 2023 – Screenshot, Wuppertal
; 2024 – Exhibition, Hamburg
; 2025 – ‘Hues of Healing’ exhibition, Abtsgmünd
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