Ohne Titel (Waschlappen und Seife). 2002.
Synthetic resin on canvas.
Signed and dated on the reverse. 80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in).
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• Hödicke makes everyday objects such as cleaning products, washcloths and soap the protagonists of his paintings, thus shifting the focus to seemingly insignificant things.
• Hödicke plays with the tradition of the kitchen still life of the 16th century and the motifs of Pop Art.
• Hödicke wonderfully combines the representational motifs with a loose, strongly gestural style that appears almost abstract in close up view.
• Together with Georg Baselitz, Jörg Immendorf and A. R. Penck, Hödicke is one of the pioneers of German Neo-Expressionism and New Figuration.
• Hödicke's painting is currently part of the exhibition "Spot On: German Pop" at the Museum Brandhorst, Munich, alongside works by Sigmar Polke, Jörg Immendorff and Gerhard Richter.

EXHIBITION: Karl Horst Hödicke, Kleine Bilder aus Küche und Klo, König Galerie, Berlin 2002/2003.