SETAREH X

Ania Hobson

Info: In Bird, Ania Hobson presents her third solo exhibition with SETAREH, at Hohe Straße 53, featuring a new series of paintings that expand on her ongoing interest in spatial dynamics, figuration, and environment. In these works, Hobson turns her focus to the sky as a compositional and narrative element. Stylized figures are set against vibrant blue and yellow skies, rendered in soft, luminous tones that give the illusion of atmospheric depth and movement beyond the edges of the frame. The title Bird refers to the recurring presence of birds in the paintings as figures that appear both above the horizon line and within the grounded scenes. Through their placement, Hobson links distinct areas of the pictorial space, blurring the boundaries between figure and ground, foreground and background. The sky, no longer a passive backdrop, becomes an active subject that is mutable, expressive, and central to the emotive power of the works.