Works by Stefanie Heinze at Sotheby's
Stefanie Heinze Biography
In Stefanie Heinze’s playful figurations, abstracted and ambiguous forms become recognizable as unexpected subjects. From disembodied body parts, to everyday objects, to animal-like figures, her subjects melt into colorful, fantastical backgrounds to create vivid visual worlds which reveal an interplay between high and low culture. Drawing from a mix of everyday observations and dreamlike imaginations, Heinze creates compositions that playfully challenge conventions of form, space, and narrative. Her use of vibrant colors, distorted figures, and an amalgamation of abstract and representational elements often engage with themes of desire, body, and identity. Although considered adjacent to Abstract Expressionism and the Leipzig school of painting, Heinze is categorically unique, as she explores new forms and possibilities of representation with a complex visual vocabulary.