Blaise Pascal famously said that the heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing. The same is true of art. On his website, Thomas Kellner (www.thomaskellner.com), the Berlin-based artist, describes the contact-sheet method as his trademark style, and adds, ‘The buildings seem to be broken apart, dancing and reminding us of the vulnerability of our values and creations.’ I don’t see it that way, though. Instead, it seems to me to be a way of forcing us to look at something as if for the first time, putting it back together in our heads: the exact opposite of vulnerability.
I first saw his work at Galerie Vrais Rêves (www.vraisreves.com) in Arles, France, and loved it. Since choosing this image, I’ve found one I like even better: ‘Moscow, Basilius Cathedral…
