Self-Portrait
Artwork
Medium:
Photograph
Dimensions:
Artworks -
Height: 8.25"
Width: 8.25"
Description:
A black and white portrait of a person with dark colored shoulder length hair that is parted towards the left. They are wearing a darker colored corduroy suit jacket and a light colored button up. Their eyes are closed and the corners of their mouth are turned up slightly. Behind them there is a light colored backdrop with a dark colored border.
Historical Context:
"Stately clouds, mountains or icebergs usually occupy center stage in their narratives. Landscapes speak of upheaval, long forgotten seas and erosion. Of evolving vegetation and animal species. Of endless seasons of rain, snow and drought. The painting is the present, which is simply a consequence of the past. And in the most compelling of these works the present is dominated by monumental events which are helping to shape the future. After viewing one of these paintings it is impossible not to contemplate both mortality and the persistence of life." Ed Wong-Ligda
This photograph was taken under a copy stand at a publishing company.