Installation view: Young V&A, London, 2009, Profiles III, 2006

Profiles III, No 6, 2005 (Series of 6)

“For over a decade I have been researching the human profile and the hierarchic approach to portraiture that was applied during the Italian Renaissance. There is an uncanny quality to viewing a person in profile, related to what remains invisible and untold. This method of representation may have a cold, rigid aspect, with no indication of the subject’s true character or emotion. To me it is one of the most powerful ways of representing a person.”—Bettina von Zwehl Left to right: Revival, Group Show, NMWA, Washington DC, 2017 Installation of Bettina von Zwehl’s Profiles III and Bettina von Zwehl’s The Sessions;

Profiles III, No 3, 2005 (Series of 6)

"Profiles III, 2005-2006 are reminiscent of Italian Renaissance portrait paintings and focus on the minute detail of the faces of six boys and girls all approximately 1 year old. These monumental profiles were displayed at St Mary’s as part of the Art in Focus exhibition programme to coincide with the launch of Imperial Health Charity’s Birth Centre Appeal and have now found their permanent home in the Birth Centre at Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital." @Imperial Health Charity