Annette Kelm's serial portrait
Johann König
J'aime Paris, 2013
KÖNIG GALERIE
The fact that behind every picture there is always another picture lying in waiting is demonstrated also in connection with other motifs – for example when Annette Kelm decides to put the portrait of a person into a series, each image having minimal shifts in gesture or facial expression. “J´aime Paris”, 2013. By means of this strategy she uncovers the logical processes behind looking at the picture – the comparative searching for the fine differences and for the “right” image in the serial context – thus destroying the expectations that follow a traditional concept of the portrait as genre.
Maren Lübbke-Tidow, 4.3.2014, press release Johann König, Berlin, 2014
Johann König