Children’s paintings offer a glimpse into their imagination, emotions, and unique perspectives on the world around them. Unlike adult art, which is often guided by rules, techniques, and societal expectations, kids’ artwork is a pure expression of creativity. As we admire their colorful creations, we […]
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FINISHED UNFINISHED PAINTINGS
Unfinished paintings serve as fascinating glimpses into an artist’s creative process. They represent moments of inspiration, hesitation, or even struggle, allowing us to witness the evolution of an idea from conception to near-realization. Beyond the canvas itself, unfinished paintings often serve as a metaphor for […]
LOOKING FOR GERTRUD LYDIA
Gertrud Lydia and Walter liked to travel. Walter documented the trips with diapositive photography, and he put his wife into every shot. But very unlike today’s selfies, where you have heads in the foreground and a bit of landscape in the background, Getrud Lydia is […]
FIFTY (ONE) SELF PORTRAITS
“Compose your own PORTRAIT.” Worldwide Homepage of FIFTY (ONE) SELF PORTRAITS Publication of the series ARTIST PORTRAITS, 2022 With “FIFTY ONE (SELF) PORTRAITS” Thilo Hoffmann invited contemporary artists to create a PORTRAIT of themselves. “You at your location, in your time and world. Compose your own […]
OTTUS THILOHOFFMANNIS
A Serendipitious Discovery The small nocturnal bird “Ottus thilohoffmannis” really exists, and it lives in the South of Sri Lanka. Biologists have known its call for 200 years, but the owl was never clearly identified until a serendipitious moment in 2001 in the rain forest. […]
SILHOUETTEUR
In the Silhouetteur, everyone can transform themselves into the figure they always wanted to be: Two wings turn one into an angel, a crown makes one become a king, a woolen blanket shapes one into a monster. Thilo Hoffmann brings with the Silhouetteur the ancient […]
PUZZLED
How Do You Map the World? Charts of the world were created to help humans navigate and orientate, but Thilo Hoffmanns maps effect the opposite: They leave you puzzled, in more than one sense. Various photographs of the planet from bird’s or satellite’s eye view […]
ARCHEILLOGICAL RESEARCH CELL FOR HYPER-EPHEMERAL SENSIBILITIES
“We research the inscrutable.” Aether They couldn’t pass a face control at any border to the 21st century, but their moods, thoughts and desires were very much like ours. The Archeillogical Research Cell for Hyper-Ephemeral Sensibilities has compiled a daily companion for an entire year […]
PSEUDONYM
“What is your other self?” Worldwide How do we decide on a name? What message shall the name reveal? What impact, what emotions should the name create in those who hear it – and what does the name we pick reveal about ourselves? As with […]
EARLY SERIES PORTRAITS
“Compose your own PORTRAIT.” Worldwide In his series of portraits, Thilo Hoffmann asks people from all walks of life to “present themselves in their world.” They choose the location, the composition, the right shot and, finally, the title of the picture. A moment tells a […]
HIGH SCHOOL PORTRAITS
“Compose your own PORTRAIT.” Worldwide In his series of portraits, Thilo Hoffmann asks people from all walks of life to “present themselves in their world.” They choose the location, the composition, the right shot and, finally, the title of the picture. A moment tells a […]
ARTIST PORTRAIT
“Compose your own PORTRAIT.” Worldwide More details about FIFTY ONE (SELF) PORTRAITS. ARTIST PORTRAITS, 2006-2020Artbook Publication in 2022 In his series of Artist Portraits, Thilo Hoffmann invited international artists to get portrayed in the way they want to present themselves. They choose the location, the […]
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