ANNA HOFMANN & JONAS WOHLER
JOY OF A TOY
In Anna Hofmann’s work, worlds are illustrated that deal with everyday life.
In a humorous way, she uses familiar symbols, anthropomorphized animals, and vibrant colors to convey narratives of human experience within a capitalist system. Her airbrushed imagery is extended sculpturally into space using the same visual language. For MTGAIA, she has designed her characters as two-dimensional standees.
They tell stories of melancholic hearts in denim and modern dog life.
The painting of Jonas Wohler is abstract in nature, yet its subject remains open to interpretation.
At times, echoes of landscape painting with atmospheric light scenarios can be detected—be it through the suggested presence of a horizon, a gaze into great heights, or even into the depths of an ocean. Some of his works hint at floral inspirations that may have influenced the composition. These seem to have been expanded in their natural expression, making them appear as if they might flourish in the environment of a video game.
A tendency toward repetition is clearly evident in Wohler’s works.
Shapes stretch into patterns and flood the surface of the image. This invites the viewer’s gaze to wander—similar to observing an ornament or a blooming meadow. However, this regularity is repeatedly disrupted by distortions, ruptures, or overlapping translucent layers of color, causing the viewer's focus to constantly realign. One begins to wonder whether the pattern is already complete or still in the process of emerging.
It seems as though the artist, in his rather non-representational style, is seeking a contemporary visual language through the exploration of color, form, and composition by highlighting patterns.
Exhibition duration: 11.04. - 28.05.2025