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. [1] She favours using analog photography methods in her work. [2] [3]
Kelm graduated from the Hochschule für bildende Künst in Hamburg in 2000, after which she moved to Berlin. [1] She was awarded the Camera Austria Award for Contemporary Photography by the City of Graz in 2015. [4]
Kelm explores ideas through "baffling narratives" which use typology, patterns and the intersection of design and technology. [5] Her work has been inspired by traditional photography genres such as the still life, landscapes and portraits. [6] The New York Times describes her work as playing with "watered-down semiotics." [7]
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.
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