Who am I? And if so, how many? by Annette Falk Lund

About "Who am I? And if so, how many?"

by Annette Falk Lund

About the artwork

Two elongated mythical creatures, one on the left and one on the right, look at each other. They have large eyes and dainty legs. These very eyes also belong to a face that has a single question for us viewers: Who am I? The two mythical creatures also seem to be asking themselves this question. The question is as old as humanity itself. Recognising one's own self has moved people since time immemorial.
The colours of the motif are ochre and dusky pink. The grey lines and deep black fields heighten the contrast and the drama with which the question "Who am I?" is sometimes posed.
The picture was created using a special mixing technique. Stone paper was used, which the artist primarily works with. In the first step, a folded image was created from simple blobs. In the second, a print of this followed. The next step was to (discover) the motif by omitting and adding individual elements using brushes and gouache colours.
"Playmates" belongs to the series "Face to Face", which are painted using this technique. Inspiration came from the exhibition "Word and Image", which the artist had visited in Lübeck, where paintings and drawings by masterful literary figures such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Victor Hugo and Wilhelm Busch were on display. However, it was Justinus Kerner (1786-1862), an outsider, who appealed to her the most. As a poet and doctor, he wrote medical textbooks and developed "blotography".
Annette Falk Lund would like to invite you to self-reflection and a humorous approach to your own self-talk by playfully looking at this picture.