ATROPOS SOPORTA

Solo exhibition, Künstlerhaus Bergedorf, Hamburg, 2022; catalog

Atropoiesis, 2022, tempera on canvas, Triptych: 250 x 180 cm / 250 x 90 cm / 250 X 90 cm;
Installation with charred oak trunk, L: 265 cm, ∅ 15 – 20 cm
in the background: Interfluerence I, 2021, tempera and oil on canvas, 150 x 110 cm
in the background: Sopra III, Sopra I, Sopra II, Sopra IV, 2022, tempera and oil on canvas, 30 x 20 cm each;
Fontana di Levi, 2021, tempera and oil on canvas 150 x 110 cm
detail
from left to right:
Senso sentito IV (materia), Senso sentito V (anima), Tempera on canvas, 150 x 110 cm each;
C I-III, 2021, Tempera on canvas, 30 x 20 cm each;
Focus, 2021, Tempera on canvas, 120 x 80 cm
An die Parzen, 2022
(nach Francisco de Goya: Die Parzen, 1819-1823)
print on canvas, tempera and oil on canvas, resin varnish, mason’s twine, sewing thread,
30 x 100 cm, 30 x 20 cm

All photos by Helge Mundt

ATROPOS SOPORTA
Opening: 09.07.2022 at 5 pm with an introduction by Anne Simone Kiesiel
Duration of the exhibition: 10.07. – 24.07.2022

Atropos, one of the three Moires of Greek antiquity, is the conceptual patron of Tanja Hehmann’s solo exhibition. The epithet of this goddess of fate is ‘The Inevitable’, as she has the task of cutting the thread of a person’s life that was previously spun and measured by her younger sisters Clotho and Lachesis.
The term ‘soporta’ in the exhibition title reflects her name in the form of an anagram. In Spanish, it means both ‘to bear’ and ‘to support’, both of which seem apt when it comes to one’s own fate.

How does our view change when we become aware of our own finiteness? What must the activating moment be like that transforms this simple yet profound realisation into a conclusive action? Where do introspection and expression go hand in hand? In a playful and calculated way, the Hamburg artist reflects on the tensions between life and death, becoming and passing away.

ATROPOS SOPORTA
Eröffnung: 09.07.2022 um 17 Uhr mit einer Einführung von Anne Simone Kiesiel
Ausstellungsdauer: 10.07. – 24.07.2022

Atropos, eine der drei Moiren der griechischen Antike, ist gedankliche Schirmherrin für Tanja Hehmanns Einzelausstellung. Der Beiname dieser Schicksalsgöttin lautet „Die Unabwendbare“, hat sie doch die Aufgabe, den Lebensfaden eines Menschen abzuschneiden, der zuvor von ihren jüngeren Schwestern Clotho und Lachesis gesponnen und bemessen wurde.
Der Begriff ‚soporta‘ im Ausstellungstitel spiegelt ihren Namen in Form eines Anagramms. Er bedeutet im Spanischen gleichzeitig ‚ertragen‘, aber auch ‚unterstützen‘, was beides treffend scheint, wenn es um das eigene Schicksal geht.

Wie verändert sich der Blick, wenn die eigene Endlichkeit ins Bewusstsein rückt? Wie muss das aktivierende Moment beschaffen sein, das diese einfache wie tiefgreifende Erkenntnis in eine schlussfolgernde Handlung überführt? Wo geben sich Introspektion und Expression die Hand? Spielerisch wie kalkuliert reflektiert die Hamburger Künstlerin über Spannungszustände zwischen Leben und Tod, Werden und Vergehen.

A catalog accompanying the exhibition has been published by GUDBERG NERGER:

Tanja Hehmann – ATROPOS SOPORTA

This colorful 132-page catalog literally makes your eyes light up. 48 pages and the cover were produced in six-color printing using NEON special colors. Otherwise it would not have been possible to reproduce Tanja Hehmann’s paintings and selected graphics of recent years in true color. Wonderfully designed by Johanna Flöter, the catalog appears just in time for the exhibition of the same name.
GUDBERG NERGER

A look into the book: Table of contents


GUDBERG NERGER GmbH
ISBN: 978-3-945772-79-9
© 2022, Hamburg
www.gudbergnerger.com
Tanja Hehmann – ATROPOS SOPORTA