Tag Archives: Installation

Autoportrait Day 364~ Carrie Mae Weems

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Contemporary American artist Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953)

1. First Self Portrait, 1975 / Image from Jack Shainman Gallery

2. Portrait of Myself as an Intellectual Revolutionary, 1988 /Image from Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC

3. Untitled (Woman Playing Solitaire) / Image from Kitchen Table Series

4. In the Mountains of Santiago de Cuba (from Dreaming in Cuba), 2002 / Image from Guggenheim Museum, NYC

5. I Looked and Looked and Failed to See What so Terrified You, 2003 / Image from the Louisiana Project series

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How Carrie Mae Weems sees herself~
https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/epvbq7/how-carrie-mae-weems-sees-herself

Autoportrait Day 296~ Sylvia Salazar Simpson

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Installation artist, book artist, and photographer
Sylvia Salazar Simpson (born 1939)

Antes-Después (Before-After), 1981 / Four color photographs / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 289~ Kara Walker

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American contemporary artist, filmmaker, and educator
Kara Walker (born 1969)

1. Cut[1], 1998 / Cut paper / Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

2. Miss Obedience[1], 2000 / Marquette for banner / Museum of Modern Art, NYC

3. Only I Can Solve This (the 2016 election)[2], 2016
Ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper / Private collection

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[1] https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/810?lang=en
[2] https://schirn.de/karawalker/digitorial/en

Autoportrait Day 126~ Sonia Boyce

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

British artist and educator Sonia Boyce, OBE RA (born 1962)

1. Rice n Peas, 1982 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

2. Missionary Position II, 1985 / Watercolor, pastel, and crayon on paper / Tate, UK

3. She Ain’t Holding Them Up, She’s Holding On (Some English Rose), 1986
Oil and pastel on paper / Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK

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In Pictures: See Inside Sonia Boyce’s Golden Lion-Winning U.K. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale~
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sonia-boyce-venice-biennale-2104044

Autoportrait Day 109~ Betye Saar

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Assemblage artist and printmaker Betye Saar (born 1926)

1. Anticipation, 1961 / Screenprint / Various collections, including MoMA, NYC

2. Black Girl’s Window, 1969 / Assemblage / Museum of Modern Art, NYC

3. Mystic Sky with Self-Portrait, 1992 / Color offset lithograph and collage
Various collections, including RISD Museum, Providence, RI

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Autoportrait Day 96~ Rose Bean Simpson

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Mixed-media artist Rose Bean Simpson (born 1983)

American Gothic, 2012 / Wallhanging: wood, stoneware, adobe, goose feather / Penn Museum, Philadelphia, PA
“American Gothic is about the personal relationship with the masculine and feminine parts of myself.”

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Autoportrait Day 66~ Janine Antoni

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Bahamian–born American artist Janine Antoni (born 1964)

Lick and Lather, 1993 / 14 busts: 7 in chocolate, 7 in soap on 14 pedestals
Complete set National Gallery of Art, DC / Various pairs in other locations,
including Hirshhorn Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Met Breuer

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