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Heidi Hahn — NOT YOUR WOMAN (Continued) #13
Heidi Hahn

NOT YOUR WOMAN (Continued) #13

2025

Intimate in scale yet commanding in presence, "NOT YOUR WOMAN (Continued) #13" draws the viewer into the quietly insistent world Heidi Hahn has been building across her ongoing series. Rendered in oil on canvas at just 20.3 by 25.4 centimeters, this small-format work exemplifies Hahn's ability to concentrate psychological weight into compressed pictorial space. Her figures, characteristically loose and luminous, resist fixed identity while asserting a palpable inner life, suggesting subjectivity without surrendering it to the gaze. The deliberately unresolved quality of the paint handling, with soft edges bleeding into ground and form hovering between emergence and dissolution, is central to the work's emotional intelligence rather than incidental to it. The title situates this piece within Hahn's sustained inquiry into feminine autonomy and the politics of representation. The series functions as a kind of ongoing refusal, a body of work that accumulates meaning across its iterations without becoming didactic. Number 13 carries the quiet confidence of an artist who has given herself permission to revisit and deepen a conversation rather than simply conclude it. Collectors familiar with Hahn's practice will recognize the signature tension between vulnerability and defiance that animates her figures, while newcomers will find an accessible entry point into one of the more thoughtful painterly projects in contemporary American art. Signed by the artist and currently presented through Michael Kohn Gallery, this work is a natural acquisition for a collection attentive to painting that takes seriously both its formal inheritance and its cultural stakes. The modest dimensions make it a versatile addition that nonetheless holds its own in considered company.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

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Heidi Hahn, NOT YOUR WOMAN (Continued) #13, 2025

Intimate in scale yet commanding in presence, "NOT YOUR WOMAN (Continued) #13" draws the viewer into the quietly insistent world Heidi Hahn has been building across her ongoing series. Rendered in oil on canvas at just 20.3 by 25.4 centimeters, this small-format work exemplifies Hahn's ability to concentrate psychological weight into compressed pictorial space. Her figures, characteristically loose and luminous, resist fixed identity while asserting a palpable inner life, suggesting subjectivity without surrendering it to the gaze. The deliberately unresolved quality of the paint handling, with soft edges bleeding into ground and form hovering between emergence and dissolution, is central to the work's emotional intelligence rather than incidental to it. The title situates this piece within Hahn's sustained inquiry into feminine autonomy and the politics of representation. The series functions as a kind of ongoing refusal, a body of work that accumulates meaning across its iterations without becoming didactic. Number 13 carries the quiet confidence of an artist who has given herself permission to revisit and deepen a conversation rather than simply conclude it. Collectors familiar with Hahn's practice will recognize the signature tension between vulnerability and defiance that animates her figures, while newcomers will find an accessible entry point into one of the more thoughtful painterly projects in contemporary American art. Signed by the artist and currently presented through Michael Kohn Gallery, this work is a natural acquisition for a collection attentive to painting that takes seriously both its formal inheritance and its cultural stakes. The modest dimensions make it a versatile addition that nonetheless holds its own in considered company.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 20.3 x 25.4 cm
Year
2025
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

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