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Herlinde Koelbl

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BACKGROUND

A face is more than a medical history

In Bonn, Herlinde Koelbl presents portraits and conversations with 40 people living with cancer. Her work also asks what an image makes visible — and what it demands of those portrayed.

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VISUAL ARTS

Showing illness without defining people by it

Herlinde Koelbl portrays people diagnosed with cancer, combining photographs with conversations. Her exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Bonn turns attention to a question that extends beyond any individual image: who is telling whose story here?

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