Wo wir aufgehoben sind by ELIZA Leopold Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 60 x 80 cm Year: 2026 Price: $1700.00 USD Status: available Wo wir aufgehoben sind (Where We Belong) explores belonging, protection, and individuality. Four abstract birds rest within a vibrant composition of flowing colours and interwoven shapes. Three surround a smaller blue-and-white figure, creating a sense of shelter and connection. The painting reflects on the importance of feeling accepted without having to become like everyone else. Belonging does not require sameness. It allows individuality to exist within a supportive community. A sense of security becomes the foundation from which we can open ourselves to the world. “To belong is not to be the same, but to be different and still feel held.” Why collect this work?Nested birdlike profiles gather around a small blue-and-white figure, presenting belonging as protective enclosure without requiring visual sameness. Leopold reports that her practice begins with questions and preserves ambiguity. In this painting, figures remain readable as birds while also functioning as interlocking shapes.The photograph shows dark arcs enclosing four profiles at the centre, while leaves, a pale circular form and segmented fields spread toward the edges. Shelter appears permeable rather than sealed.The catalogue records acrylic on canvas, 60 × 80 cm. Here, the medium supports clearly differentiated passages of colour; the photograph cannot establish their exact surface, opacity or sequence of application.The catalogue translates the title as “Where We Belong.” Encountering the work through its unequal yet connected figures focuses attention on how collective identity might protect difference rather than absorb it. About the ArtistELIZA Leopold ELIZA Leopold is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Stadtilm, DE. Nationality: German My work begins with questions. What do we see before we understand? What remains when boundaries disappear?
