Sure You Wanna Stay Home?
| Edition | Original Art |
|---|---|
| Technique | Painting |
| Height | 120 cm |
| Width | 200 cm |
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year: 2022
Info :
Do you know that feeling of sensory overload and the fear of missing out at the same time? These ambivalent feelings find expression in this work. In this work, the artist explores the situation she found herself in following the COVID-19 pandemic. Suddenly being allowed to engage in social situations again, and the difficulty of being able to enjoy these situations once more following lockdowns, contact restrictions and isolation. At the same time, the artist conveys her grappling with social anxieties that have developed over time and the frequently recurring question: “Are you sure you want to stay at home?” into vibrant, abstract faces, which have been rendered on the canvas using the palette knife technique.
The artwork is stretched onto a stretcher frame but is sold and dispatched without a shadow-joint frame.
Due to the size of the artwork, dispatch takes 1–2 weeks.
Johanna Hodler
Hi, I’m Hanna and my works are created from a single, continuous line, which I complement with acrylics, oil pastels and coloured pencils. My work centres on abstracted faces, through which I explore everyday thoughts and emotions – such as procrastination, anxieties, questions of identity, relationships or the pressure of endless to-do lists.
My paintings explore themes that concern many people, whilst opening up space for individual interpretations. I find it particularly fascinating how differently the faces depicted are perceived – depending on the viewers’ personal experiences and backgrounds.
During an extended period in Spain
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street scenes also found their way into my work. These motifs emerged as part of my artistic and psychogeographical research into the interplay between personal identity and urban space. For me, they represent possibilities, encounters and the question of to what extent I feel connected to certain places.
Exhibition history:
Ehrenfelder Art Route | Cologne | 2025
Galerie Dietrich | Cologne | 2023Open
Studios | Cologne | 2023
IMI Winery | Cologne | 2023
Ehrenfelder Art Route | Cologne | 2023
&Again | Cologne | 2022Open
Studios | Cologne | 2022Open
Studios | Cologne | 2021
Urban Design Parcours | Cologne | 2021
Art Parcours | Ahlen | 2021
Post
-Pandemic
Visions | Cologne | 2021As
part of Art | Cologne | 2020
Field School | Berlin | 2019
Dear Algorithm | Cologne | 2018Young
Ideas | Rheda-Wiedenbrück | 2018
