The two-faced portraits presented here by Armelle Kergall are a continuation of her previous projects, which dealt with memory and family heritage.
In this series, she combines photographs found in a trunk that belonged to her paternal grandmother, with her self-portraits to create a series of double-faced portraits.
Part of the series is in lenticular form,(triptych images) :
You see a black and white face from one side of the work, while you are on the other a coloured face. From the front, you can see a hybrid image mixing both portraits. We go from analogue photos taken at the beginning of the use of photography to contemporary images. We cross time and generations in two side steps.
What remains are the similarities in the poses, the link with the photographer in the subject's gaze, and the physical resemblance of Armelle Kergall with her ancestors. These lenticulars suggest this idea of multiple inheritances, but also that - at 150 years apart - we are only humans crossed by the same emotions.
The artist has also produced 2D digital portraits. In these versions, the eras merge. The viewer no longer knows which character is haunting the other.
