Home

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.

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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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