DIDI LEHNHAUSEN
Works:
HORNED MARY I.A. (2023-2024)
A series of paintings that developed over the course of a year, composed of various layers built up through repeated acts of painting and erasure. During this time-span I attempted to dissect the images presented around me of pregnancy, birth and motherhood. Going through many religious paintings of mother Mary and drawing from family albums that go back to the beginning of photography, the moment when structures of society started to become visual. In making the paintings the tension between sacred depictions and raw details of the reality of living within these structures became part of the process.
Oilpaint, oil pastel, pigmented gesso on linen
164x123cm
Oilpaint, oil pastel, pigmented gesso on linen
164x123cm
Pigmented gesso, acryilics and oil on linen
179x179cm
Pigmented gesso, acryilics and oil on linen
179x179cm