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Annette Kelm

{{short description|German contemporary artist and photographer (born 1975)}}

Annette Kelm (born 1975 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a German contemporary artist and photographer who is particularly known as a conceptual artist. Kelm uses medium or large format cameras in her work, creating still life and portraits.{{Sfn|Bell|2014|p=102}} She favours using analog photography methods in her work.{{Cite journal|last=Holman|first=Martin|date=October 2013|title=Dear Portrait, Annette Kelm, Franco Vaccari|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=90424774&site=ehost-live|journal=Art Monthly|issue=370|pages=28–30|access-date=31 March 2016|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCO}}{{Cite journal|last=Bell|first=Kirsty|date=1 March 2014|title=Analog Encounters|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=95005792&site=ehost-live|journal=Art in America|volume=102|issue=3|pages=102–105|access-date=31 March 2016|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCO}}

Kelm graduated from the Hochschule für bildende Künst in Hamburg in 2000, after which she moved to Berlin.{{Sfn|Bell|2014|p=102}} She was awarded the Camera Austria Award for Contemporary Photography by the City of Graz in 2015.{{Cite web |title=Camera Austria Award for Contemporary Photography by the City of Graz 2021 Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński |url=https://camera-austria.at/en/presse/camera-austria-award-for-contemporary-photography-by-the-city-of-graz-2021-belinda-kazeem-kaminski/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Camera Austria |language=en-US}}

Work

Kelm explores ideas through "baffling narratives" which use typology, patterns and the intersection of design and technology.{{Cite web|url=http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2013/newphotography/annette-kelm/|title=Annette Kelm|date=2013|website=MoMA|access-date=5 May 2016}} Her work has been inspired by traditional photography genres such as the still life, landscapes and portraits.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aimiaagophotographyprize.com/artists/annette-kelm|title=About Annette Kelm|website=AIMIA AGO Photography Prize|access-date=5 May 2016}} The New York Times describes her work as playing with "watered-down semiotics."{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/arts/design/annette-kelm.html?_r=0|title=Annette Kelm|last=Schwendener|first=Martha|date=24 October 2013|work=The New York Times|access-date=5 May 2016}}

Exhibition History

  • MoMA PS1 (The Gold Standard,{{Cite web|url=http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/128|title=MoMA PS1: Exhibitions: The Gold Standard|website=momaps1.org|access-date=2016-04-04}} 10/29/2006 - 01/15/2007)
  • CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art in San Francisco (PASSENGERS: 1.6 ANNETTE KELM,{{Cite web|url=http://archive.wattis.org/exhibitions/passengers-16-annette-kelm|title=Passengers: 1.6 Annette Kelm {{!}} CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts|website=archive.wattis.org|access-date=2016-04-04}} 02/06/2008 - 03/01/2008)
  • Kunsthalle Zürich (Annette Kelm,{{Cite web|url=http://kunsthallezurich.ch/en/annette-kelm|title=Annette Kelm {{!}} Kunsthalle Zürich|website=kunsthallezurich.ch|access-date=2016-04-04}} 01/24/2009 - 04/26/2009)
  • 54th Venice Biennale{{Cite web|url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/archive/54th-exhibition/|title=La Biennale di Venezia - 54th International Art Exhibition|website=www.labiennale.org|access-date=2016-04-04}} (06/04/2011 - 11/27/2011)
  • Museum of Modern Art (New Photography 2013,{{Cite web|url=http://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1353?locale=en|title=New Photography 2013: Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, Brendan Fowler, Annette Kelm, Lisa Oppenheim, Anna Ostoya, Josephine Pryde, Eileen Quinlan {{!}} MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|access-date=2016-04-04}} 09/14/2013 - 01/06/2014)
  • Whitney Museum of American Art (Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner,{{Cite web|url=http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/TheWestreichWagnerCollection|title=Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner {{!}} Whitney Museum of American Art|website=whitney.org|access-date=2016-04-04}} 11/20/2015 - 03/06/2016)
  • VOX Centre de l'image contemporaine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Annette Kelm, 05/11/2016 - 06/25/2016){{Cite web|url=https://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/28055/|title=Annette Kelm|last=Joan|first=Müller, Vanessa|date=2016|website=e-artexte.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-03-24}}

Honours and awards

  • 1999 Kodak Young Photographers Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.andrewkreps.com/artist/annette-kelm/biography|title=Annette Kelm|last=Gallery|first=Andrew Kreps|website=Andrew Kreps Gallery|access-date=11 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628185307/http://www.andrewkreps.com/artist/annette-kelm/biography|archive-date=28 June 2016|url-status=dead}}
  • 2004 Artist residency Heanavesi, Finland Working Grant for Fine Art, Hamburg
  • 2005 ART COLOGNE-Award for young art Working Grant of Stiftung Kunstfonds Travel-Grant Los Angeles
  • 2015 Camera Austria - Award for contemporary photography, Graz

Galleries

  • Esther Shipper Gallery, Berlin, Germany.https://www.estherschipper.com/artists/161-annette-kelm/
  • Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, USA.{{Cite web|url=http://www.andrewkreps.com/artist/annette-kelm|title=Annette Kelm|website=Andrew Kreps Gallery|access-date=5 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503155643/http://www.andrewkreps.com/artist/annette-kelm|archive-date=3 May 2016|url-status=dead}}
  • Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria.{{Cite web|url=http://www.meyerkainer.com/artists/Annette-Kelm/Annette-Kelm-works.php|title=Annette Kelm|website=Galerie Meyer Kainer|access-date=5 May 2016}}
  • Herald St Gallery, London, England.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldst.com/annette-kelm/|title=Annette Kelm|website=Herald St|access-date=5 May 2016}}
  • Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.{{Cite web|url=http://www.marcfoxx.com/artists/2897|title=Annette Kelm|website=Marc Foxx|access-date=5 May 2015}}
  • Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.https://www.takaishiigallery.com/en/archives/6256/
  • Gió Marconi Gallery, Milan,Italy. https://giomarconi.com/en/artist/annette-kelm

Collections

Annette Kelm's work has been collected by the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2013/newphotography/annette-kelm/ MoMA]
  • [https://www.aimiaagophotographyprize.com/artists/annette-kelm AIMIA | AGO Photography Prize]

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Category:1975 births

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Category:Artists from Stuttgart

Category:German women artists

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