
NOT YOUR WOMAN (Continued) #6
2025
In this intimate oil on canvas, Heidi Hahn continues her ongoing investigation into the psychological terrain of feminine identity, rendering a figure caught between interiority and exposure. At just 20.3 by 25.4 centimeters, the work operates with a concentrated intensity that belies its modest scale, drawing the viewer into close proximity with a painted presence that resists easy legibility. Hahn's handling of oil is characteristically loose yet deliberate, with passages of raw, searching brushwork sitting alongside moments of surprising stillness, creating a surface that feels alive with the tension between control and surrender. The "NOT YOUR WOMAN" series, of which this is the sixth continued entry, functions as a sustained refusal, an assertion of selfhood that pushes back against the long history of female figures painted for the consuming gaze. Hahn does not simply depict a woman but constructs a subjectivity, one that exists on its own terms and declines to perform for the viewer's comfort or desire. The title carries a confrontational charge that the painting itself embodies with remarkable restraint, allowing mood and gesture to do the work that polemic might otherwise demand. Signed by the artist and presented unframed, this small-format work invites an intimate form of ownership, one suited to the collector who appreciates painting as a conceptual and emotional proposition rather than purely a decorative object. Hahn, represented by Michael Kohn Gallery, has built a compelling body of work that sits comfortably within contemporary figurative discourse while maintaining a distinctly personal vision. A piece of this scale offers an accessible yet substantive entry into her practice.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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