{"title":"Cathrin Hoffmann","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout Cathrin Hoffmann\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCathrin Hoffmann is a German-Iranian artist who lives and works in Berlin. Her multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture, and installation, and is rooted in a sustained inquiry into the conditions of human existence in the post-digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoffmann's work engages with the accelerating transformations of contemporary life and the resulting crisis of humanism. Themes such as alienation, climate change, political instability, and armed conflict form a broader framework for her exploration of what it means to be human today. At the center of her practice lies a set of urgent questions: What becomes of humanity as the physical body is increasingly displaced by digital forms of existence? And how does an awareness of life itself shape the possibility of maintaining a sustainable relationship with the world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCathrin Hoffmann's visual language\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharacteristic of Hoffmann’s work is her distinctive approach to the human figure. Rendered in abstract forms, her figures appear at once mechanical and geometric, yet also fluid and grotesquely distorted. This tension creates a visual vocabulary that recalls formal developments of modernism while simultaneously challenging its ideological limitations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy revisiting key aspects of the modern era, Hoffmann critically addresses its blind spots, including insufficient gender representation, a detachment from social concerns, and an often unexamined fascination with technological progress. These elements are recontextualized within her work, opening a dialogue between historical narratives and the complex realities of the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMateriality and process in Cathrin Hoffmann's work\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoffmann's practice is defined by a deliberate interplay between virtuality and physicality. She combines smooth, digitally influenced gradients and surfaces with expressive brushwork, raw textures, and unconventional materials. In doing so, she dissolves traditional boundaries between painting and sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor FRIDAY BIRD, Cathrin Hoffmann produced her first \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fridaybird.com\/collections\/woodcut\"\u003ewoodcut\u003c\/a\u003e, created in close collaboration with Keystone Editions in Berlin and master printer Ulrich Kühle. The work extends her exploration of material and process into the medium of printmaking, translating her visual language into a new, tactile form.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"woodcut-by-cathrin-hoffmann","title":"Woodcut by Cathrin Hoffmann","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eCathrin Hoffmann's first woodcut, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eextends her exploration of material and process into the medium of printmaking, translating her visual language into a new, tactile form. A seated figure fills the entire pictorial space, as if the edges of the image were restricting its freedom of movement. The connections between the figure’s individual parts can sometimes only be guessed at, maybe hidden by shadows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThe Shape Left Behind, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eWoodcut in two colors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e71.5 x 57.5 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eEdition: 10 | signed, numbered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eWith certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIDAY BIRD","offers":[{"title":"Unframed","offer_id":56407723868486,"sku":null,"price":930.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Natural oak frame with museum glass","offer_id":56407723901254,"sku":null,"price":1260.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/0535\/7894\/files\/the_shape_left_behind_woodcut_71_1.jpg?v=1778067943"},{"product_id":"fremde-wege-gleiche-nacht-by-cathrin-hoffmann","title":"Painting by Cathrin Hoffmann","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBorn from sketches Cathrin Hoffmann made during a ballet company’s rehearsals, this striking work on paper captures the human body in a state of constant transition. 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