Work group II · 14 works
Fragile Identities
Between self-image, memory and dissolution
In this group of works, Olli Boehm examines the fragility of human identity. Faces and bodies appear only in part and are overlaid by blur, reflections of light, typographic elements and digital layers. The people shown remain visible and at the same time elude a clear reading.
Photography and digital image editing merge into layered portraits. In “Typo-girl Light” and “Typo-girl Dark,” individual facial features meet signs, numbers and graphic structures. “Washed-out Beauty from Memory,” “Dance Alone” and “In the Mirror” address memory, self-perception and the changeability of one’s own image.
Alongside the typographically overlaid portraits are intimate, richly colored works in which the face dissolves into blue, white and vertical streaks.
Overlaid
Inner Worlds
Curatorial Perspective
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Description
Faces and bodies that are only partly visible: overlaid by reflections of light, numbers, letters and digital layers. “Typo-girl light” and “Typo-girl dark” stand side by side as light and dark counterparts, while “In the mirror” and “Woman on Center” reach 160 × 120 cm.
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Idea
The group asks how stable a self-image is. Memory, projection and media overlay settle over the face until it seems both close and out of reach. The people remain visible and yet elude any unambiguous reading.
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Context
The works connect portrait photography with typographic and painterly interventions. Close to Gerhard Richter’s blur and the collage of Pop Art, they develop an independent, contemporary language about identity and visibility.
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What sets it apart
“Typo-girl light” and “Typo-girl dark” (each 80 × 60 cm) are conceived as counterparts and are especially strong side by side. “Danielle – Pray Light” is a hybrid work on canvas and wood. “Almost Blue,” “Profile Blue” and “Blue Shadow” form a trilogy in blue, and “Talking Helps” and “Remember That” a diptych of two sentences.
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For collectors & spaces
For collectors, the group offers a contemporary exploration of identity, visibility and media overlay. The works combine an expressive visual language with psychological depth and reveal new layers between closeness, projection and personal memory with every viewing.