Benedikt Partenheimer
private preview 27.10.2007
Turnaround
Turnaround shows a series of portraits which involves people of different generations who belong to a wide range of cultural context. Contrary to the conventional portrait the person is photographed from behind. Thus the beholder follows the line of sight of the artist „looking into the world“ with the portayed person. The series deals with contemporary perception and expectation within a new context of portaiture and therefore estabilishes a different position for interpretation and imagination. The series examines extenal appearence and inner experience - the ambivalence of space.
Eve Sussman, Brooklyn 2006, c-print 120x143cm
Chris Dercon, München 2007, c-print 120x143cm
Frank Stella, New York 2007, c-print 120x143cm
Damien Hirst, Mexiko 2006, c-print 120x143cm
Pulga, Mexico City 2006, c-print 120x143cm
