There's No Place Like Hózhó (Primary Title)
Demian DinéYazhi', Diné (Navajo), born 1983 (Artist)
“There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home.” In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's iconic mantra condenses the meaning of what home is for each of us: a place we associate with familiarity, love, a safe place, a place of origin.
Demian DinéYazhi’’s There’s No Place Like Hózhó illustrates the same belief in a person’s connection to place. Here, the artist has positioned a textual reference, Hózhó, in the center of the composition and surrounds it with visual references to the Diné traditional home: the eight-sided log hogan. Combined, these represent the true spirit of Hózhó, which simultaneously refers to home, center, balance, and belonging.
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