Painting by Anna Hanan

The idea emerged as an image. As a symbol of a man - strong, resilient, seemingly made of steel at first glance, yet just as vulnerable. Sensitive. And unprotected in that sensitivity. It is a desire to honor men, to allow them their inner world and those parts of themselves they often don’t even consider as something they are “allowed” to have. But this is also a metaphorical painting. Everyone sees something different in it. Everyone recreates their own inner image, their own state. It is very important to me that it leaves no one indifferent, that it invites reflection, that it cannot be read in only one way, even though it carries a certain message from the artist.