Mixed Media & Portrait

Digital and analog prints, drawings and texts

PO ADH 9
PO ADH 10.
Group of works »PO ADH«
Mixed media, analogue & digital
2022
Drawing, graphics as giclée print on Hahnemühle
Cotton paper, letterpress in the black color variant
20x20cm
edition 5
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. Portrait. Leaves. high pressure.

"That's how I liked me quietly and secretly

prepare a magic hall«

The big topic in the life of the poetess Annette von Droste-Hülshoff: nature.

The portrait drawings of the poet are implemented as mixed media, with digital illustration and drawing, combined with manual letterpress. Sonja Heller tells her own story of an artist from the Biedermeier period, shows her own snapshots of the poet without a poet's life, the woman without a married life, the temporary muse, the seeker and the eternal daughter.

Typo Portrait

The symbiosis of word and picture

Sonja Heller's focus is on visual poetry. Herein lies the peculiarity of their work: the complexity of the theme is reflected in the implementation, which, however, seems to be superficially playful. The viewer is encouraged to explore the narrative work and discover hidden things in it.

For the implementation of their own literary texts and picture elements are used as printmaking.

Greta 2019

Portrait of Greta Thunberg

"Society-wide, local and global, the clearest edge is currently being shown by an old-fashioned, angry teenager from Sweden. Sonja Heller portrays Greta Thunberg in a comic-like representation and in the current round icon look of social media. The picture is completed graphically by a fictional dialogue between Greta and her grandfather Olof. In a limited space, the artist composes today's elements of optical communication - comic / graphic novel, icon, text - and thus brings the whole complexity of the phenomenon "Greta" into the picture: a girl recognizes her individual responsibility for a major problem of humanity and within a few months it becomes a global icon of the climate movement, not least caused and accelerated by the new media. "

Dr. Hermann Ühlein, tzzk

Peas 2016

C-Print on acrylic or Aludibond.
On acrylic or aludibond.

"Listen," he said, "Annett is standing outside with a shotgun, maybe you should think about something."
The hideous recycled tin wind chime they'd bought at a festival last year jingled in a draft, the shop reflected in the counter and the sun flashed off its glass reflection in the top left. It was quiet, there were no customers, they were alone. "Oh," she said, "how now?".
"How now, how now? Can you tell me?" He looked indignant. "You once again sold her five empty cans of peas, what do you mean by 'like now'?". He snorted. "If I were her, I'd be pissed too."
She said nothing and looked at the ceiling. Where nothing was reflected except her thoughts. "Ok, I'm going out," she said then.

Outside, Annett was sitting on the backless wooden bench, eating a macadamia muffin with one hand, stroking the cat lying next to her with the other, and balancing the shotgun on her thighs. "So," I said to her, leaning against the wall next to the shop door, "what do you want?"
My mom looked at me and said "peas, maybe? Like 200 kilograms?"
I sighed and pointed to the gun. "What's that supposed to mean, it's not even loaded, huh?"
"Nah, it's as empty as your cans," she grumbled and happily shoved the last piece of macadamia muffin into her mouth. The tomcat purred, the disloyal dog, I could hear that from a yard away.
"Look Ma" I said, "You get your peas, if you're sorry, all 200 kilograms in one go, then you can cook so much Dahl that you have to grow."
I took an artistic break. "But only after you've sorted this thing out!"
"Honey," said Annett, "that was 10 years ago! Stop it! And what was actually so bad about that?"
I stared at her. The stupid cat purred. The hideous wind chime rattled out through the shop door into the hot day and let its weird tones evaporate there. I saw that my mom would ask for a diet coke right away.
"Clear that, Annett," I said harshly. "Or there won't be any peas for another ten years!"

"Listen," he said. "Outside, Annett is holding a shotgun, maybe you should think something over."
The hideous wind chimes made from recycled sheet metal, which they had bought at a festival last year, bauble in a breeze, in the counter mirrored the shop and the sun flashed in the upper left corner in its reflection of glass. It was quiet, there was no customer, they were alone. "Oh," she did, "how now?".
"Like now, how are you?" He looked indignant. "You once again sold her five empty pea cans, what does "like now"mean?". Hey snorted. "MeI in her place would be angry, too".
She was silent and looked at the ceiling. Where nothing was reflected except her thoughts.
"Ok, I'm going out," she said.

Outside, Annett sat on the wooden bench with no back, eating a macadamia muffin with one hand, stroking with the other the cat, who was lying next to her, balancing the shotgun on her thighs.
"So," I said to her, leaning against the wall next to the shop door, "what do you want?"
My ma looked at me and said, "Peas, maybe? About 200 kilograms?"
I sighed and pointed to the shotgun. "What's that, it's not loaded, huh?"
"No, it's as empty as your cans," she muttered, relishing the last piece of macadamia muffin in her mouth. The cat was purring, the disloyal dog, I could hear that meter-wide.
"Listen, Ma," I said, "you get your peas, if you apologize, the whole 200 kilos in one fell swoop, then you can cook so much dahl that you have to grow."
I took a break. "But only after you have clarified this thing!"
"Sweetie," said Annett, "that's 10 years back! Stop it! And what was so bad about that?"
I stared at her. The stupid cat purred. The awful wind chime jingled through the shop door into the hot day outside, letting its sloping notes evaporate there. I saw that my Ma was about to ask for a Coke Light.
"Clarify that, Annett," I said harshly. "Or there are no peas for another ten years!"

Shadow 2016

C-Print on acrylic or Aludibond.
On acrylic or aludibond.

BinInochMe 2012

object box.
C-Print on acrylic panel
Multidimensional/C-Print on acrylic, three-dimensional

Mr. King laughs 2012

object box.
C-Print on acrylic or Aludibond.
Multidimensional/C-Print on acrylic, three-dimensional.

The But 2012

object loads.
C-Print on acrylic panel
Multidimensional/C-Print on acrylic, three-dimensional

Uno se pregunta? 2012

object box.
C-Print on acrylic panel
Multidimensional/C-Print on acrylic, three-dimensional