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Homeward Bound
Uwe Henneken2025.12.05 ~ 2026.03.04
Description of the work
- Media Oil and acrylic on canvas
- Location 1F, LOTTE HOTEL WORLD
In Homeward Bound, Uwe Henneken situates a disoriented group of travellers in the foreground of a fantastical landscape, their garments spanning eras from medieval to modern and the faint glow of smartphones signalling their entanglement with the present. Surrounded by psychedelic colours and otherworldly terrain, the figures appear suspended between times, overwhelmed yet searching for orientation. Amid this atmosphere of uncertainty, a narrow road hidden behind bushes offers a subtle promise of direction, a reminder that pathways forward persist even when obscured.
Through these anachronistic, shadowless characters rendered with stencil-like precision, Henneken captures the human condition of being lost in a rapidly shifting world while still harbouring the desire to move toward meaning and belonging.
Artwork Inquiry 070–7739–8808
Through these anachronistic, shadowless characters rendered with stencil-like precision, Henneken captures the human condition of being lost in a rapidly shifting world while still harbouring the desire to move toward meaning and belonging.
Artwork Inquiry 070–7739–8808
About the author
Uwe Henneken renders mystical landscapes as kaleidoscopic rest stops for odd wanderers just outside kingdoms forgotten or yet to be found. Known for his lush, seductive palettes and fairy tale imagery rendered in a style that is simultaneously cartoonish and Expressionist, the artist paints flower-strewn oak forests and mountainous landscapes that serve as his Romantic backdrops that veer towards psychedelic fantasy. Henneken is driven by his passion for spiritual expression and believes that we are all on a spiritual path.
Emulating the archetype of the artist as the shaman, a being that serves through crossing thresholds to other realities and coming back with a vision to share with the people, Uwe Henneken creates ethereal compositions that serve as a reminder of humanity’s need for spiritual respite.
Emulating the archetype of the artist as the shaman, a being that serves through crossing thresholds to other realities and coming back with a vision to share with the people, Uwe Henneken creates ethereal compositions that serve as a reminder of humanity’s need for spiritual respite.
Uwe Henneken (b.1974, Germany)
Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe and Berlin University of the Arts (Udk Berlin), class of Dorner and Hacker, Berlin, Germany
Professor at HfBK Hamburg (University of Fine Arts Hamburg)
Professor at HfBK Hamburg (University of Fine Arts Hamburg)
