Karl Haendel
"Ghauri #2", 2014
Karl Haendel is known for meticulous pencil drawings based on appropriated photographs. He is interested in investigating the properties of photography—inverting tones, scaling, and flipping images—but he prefers the slowness of drawing. “Photography becomes a tool, like a paintbrush […],” he explains, adding, “The ability to play with images is fundamental.” In 2011, he worked with filmmaker Petter Ringbom to create Questions for My Father, a film based on drawings Haendel made in 2007, such as Questions for My Father #2, that explore notions of masculinity.
Karl Haendel is known for meticulous pencil drawings based on appropriated photographs. He is interested in investigating the properties of photography—inverting tones, scaling, and flipping images—but he prefers the slowness of drawing. “Photography becomes a tool, like a paintbrush […],” he explains, adding, “The ability to play with images is fundamental.” In 2011, he worked with filmmaker Petter Ringbom to create Questions for My Father, a film based on drawings Haendel made in 2007, such as Questions for My Father #2, that explore notions of masculinity.
![Walead Beshty, ‘Cross Contaminated RA4 Contact Print [Black Curl (9:6/YCM/Six Magnet: Los Angeles, California, January 8th 2014, Fuji color Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 199-014, Kodak Ektacolor RA Bleach-Fix and Replenisher, Cat. No. 847 1484, 02914)]’, 2014](https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net/?resize_to=fit&width=400&height=851&quality=80&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FAssbNz8Va_-x63PI6swo_g%2Flarge.jpg "Cross Contaminated RA4 Contact Print [Black Curl (9:6/YCM/Six Magnet: Los Angeles, California, January 8th 2014, Fuji color Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 199-014, Kodak Ektacolor RA Bleach-Fix and Replenisher, Cat. No. 847 1484, 02914)]")
