☞What are the motivations behind the impulse to take a selfie or create/ask for a portrait of yourself?
☞Are selfies really more narcissistic than old fashioned portraits?
☞Is this just a question of “I-want-to-look-good?”
☞Is it only a question of different technology?
Selfies are more narcissistic?.........
Holbein’s Portrait of Henry VIII
“Excellencies & Perfections” Amalia Ulman
What was the purpose of portraits for aristocrats ?
Artists used to paint the aristocracy and their portraits were very codified and mainly showed the social standing of their subjects. The subjects didn’t reveal much of themselves. |
Thomas GAINSBOROUGH was one of the best (good =exception )and one the most famous English painters. Joshua Grigby is portrayed as the most elegant and handsomest gentleman.
MANY PORTRAITS, SELF PORTRAITS AND SELFIES THROUGHOUT ART HISTORY EXPLORE MORE COMPLEX IDEAS OF SELF AND OF IDENTITY THAN JUST ”I WANT TO MAKE MYSELF LOOK GOOD”.
This is me, but this is also me…………..
Cindy Sherman who obscured her own identity with her enigmatic photographs.
Group 1
Vincent Van Gogh who clarified his image with his impressionist style. His emotions were expressed with the use of light colours.
Left: Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940), Frida Kahlo. Right: Self-Portrait In
The Age Of An Old Man (1760-1849), attributed to Katsushika Hokusai
The main similarity between selfies and self portraits is the individual’s control over their own image.
Frida Kahlo who exposed herself so much through numerous self-portraits.
Self-Portrait in Drag' (1981)
Andy Warhol Self-portraits
Group 2 WARHOL
The painting „Dos Cabezas“ (1982) is a self-portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat with Andy Warhol.
GROUP 3 BASQUIAT
White Thread (2003) by Canadian artist Rebecca Belmore.
GROUP 4
Francis BACON with its distorted portraits.
GROUP 5
Katrina Kiefer, portraits, self portraits
GROUP 6
Norman Rockwell Triple self-portrait 1960
GROUP 7 or 8
Picasso, self-portrait
56 Years Old (1938)
THIS IS ME AND ALL ABOUT ME…..
ARTISTIC SELFIES : choose one and explain why you like it.
Let’s describe a piece of art
It expresses happiness/ loneliness /fear / sadness /anger/Excitement/pleasure/the dangers of…./ the beauty of …
I find this painting/photo/selfie….
Exceptional
Remarkable /incredible/striking
Pleasant
Stunning = strikingly beautiful
Stunning
Terrific/great
Fantastic
Brilliant/bright
Intriguing = interesting
Breathtaking
Creative
Thought-provoking = it makes you think
Daring
Complex
Colorful ≠ dull
Flat ≠ glossy
a two-coloured/two-tone painting
plain ≠ multicoloured