This Artist Bank will present artists that engage with the theme of 'Home'.
The concept of "home" transcends mere physical space, encompassing emotional, cultural, and personal dimensions. This collection features contemporary artists who engage with the theme of home in diverse and innovative ways. From reimagining domestic spaces to exploring the sense of belonging and displacement, discover how contemporary artists capture the multifaceted nature of home, revealing its significance in shaping identity, memory, and community.
Architecture
These artworks examine the relationship between personal spaces and their structural forms. Artists investigate the intersection of home as a place of comfort and how built environments shape and are shaped by our lives.
Charles Matton, The Large Loft, 26th Street, New York, 1986
David Moreno, Floating Favelas IV, 2019
Gordon Matta Clark, Splitting, 1974
Henrique Oliveira, Baitogogo, 2013
Rachel Whiteread, House, 1993
Displacement
Displacement explores the experiences of objects and people being uprooted from one's home or familiar surroundings. This collection features artworks that capture its impact on identity, memory, and belonging.
Birgit Jürgenssen, Housewives’ Kitchen Apron, 1975
Do Ho Suh, Home Within Home Within Home Within Home Within Home, 2013
Doris Salcedo, Untitled, 2023
Fred Wilson, Mining the Museum, 1992
Laurie Simmons, Walking House, 1989
Mohamad Hafez, UNPACKED: Refugee Baggage, 2017
Domestic Space
Artworks that explore domestic spaces explore the intimate and everyday environments that shape our lives. Artists examine the objects, rooms, and personal spaces that constitute our domestic lives, revealing the emotional and psychological landscapes within.
Christian Marclay, Doors, 2023
Juno Calypso, A Modern Hallucination, 2012
Rob Strati, The Fall with Gander in Flight, 2023
Tracey Emin, My Bed, 1998
Yoko Ono, Half a Room, 1967
Introspection
The home is a place for solitude and Introspection. Artists use introspection as a theme to uncover personal histories, emotions, and identities, referencing familial ties and cultural heritage.
Donald Rodney, In the House of My Father, 1997
Francesca Woodman, Untitled, 1978
Maurits Cornelis Escher, Relativity, 1953
Memory
The personal and collective recollections within domestic spaces, capture how memories shape our sense of home. Artists evoke nostalgia and introspection through intricate installations and symbolic representations, reflecting on the layers of history and emotion embedded in the places we call home.
Berndnaut Smilde, Nimbus, Green room, 2013
Chiharu Shiota, Tracing Boundaries, 2021
Minoru Nomata, Monuments for a Futre Civilisation, 2016
RONE, The Glasshouse, 2024
Sleep
In the security of our personal spaces we experience intimate and vulnerable moments within our domestic sanctuaries. The tranquility, intimacy, and vulnerability of sleep within the context of home is explored as artists evoke the ethereal and meditative aspects of sleeping spaces, offering insights into the rituals, dreams, and subconscious states.
Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare, 1781
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[This post exists within an organic archive, the contents of this post is not fixed at the time of its publication but will grow as more and more artists are added to it.]
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