SELF


This group is composed largely of images of the body: skin, hair, and the contours of physical form. These works appear to turn inward rather than out towards to the world around them, evoking a sense of alienation as well as self-sufficiency. In these self- reflexive states, fantasies of identity can begin to take shape.


David Dupuis
Self, 1993
Graphite on paper
144x30"
Courtesy of the artist

Scott Hewicker
Someday He'll Make it Plain to Me, 1994
Fabric
21x10x9"
Courtesy of the artist

Nancy Grossman
Head, 1968
Wooden mannequin head wrapped in leather straps
17-1/8" tall
Museum Purchase

Man Ray
The Enigma of Isadora Ducasse, 1920
Gelatin Silver Print
13,5/8x13,5/8"
Courtesy Arturo Schwartz

Arch Connelly United States, 1950-1993 Self-Portrait, 1982 Acrylic and faux pearls on canvas 20" (oval) Lent by Michael Connelly

Joan Snyder United States, born 1940 Lady Blacklines, 1989 Oil on linen 12-1/8 x 12-1/8" Private Collection

Eva Hesse United States, born Germany, 1936-1970 Test Piece, 1968 Sculpture Mixed media Dimensions variable Gift of Mrs. Helen Charash 1979.17

D-L Alvarez United States, born 1962 Shawl, 1994 Hair 48 x 36 x 6" Courtesy Jack Hanley Gallery

Harmony Hammond United States, born 1944 Flesh Journals, 1993 Latex rubber, ink and acrylic with incised text 4 units: 11-5/8 x 8-1/4" each Courtesy of the artist

Jonathan Hammer and Linda Matalon (Hammer) United States, born 1960 (Matalon) United States, born 1958 The Sibylline Oracles, 1994 Wax and graphite on paper by Linda Matalon, text from the Sibylline Oracles, limp-vellum binding with onlays of leather 22-1/2 x 16" Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

Catherine Opie United States, born 1962 Self-Portrait, 1994 Chromogenic print 40 x 30" Lent by Bill Begert

Frida Kahlo Mexico, 1907-1954 Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair, 1940 Collection Museum of Modern Art, New York Color reproduction in Hayden Herrera, Frida Kahlo, Rizzoli Art Series, edited by Norma Broude, not dated.

Robert Mapplethorpe, United States, 1946-1989, Self-Portrait with Whip, 1978, Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20", Lent by the Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe; Courtesy Robert Miller Gallery

Laura Aguilar, United States, born 1959, In Sandy's Room, 1993, Black and white photograph, 16 x 20", Courtesy of the artist

Steve Wolfe, United States, born Italy, 1955, Untitled (The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara), 1993-94, Book: Oil, litho, modeling paste on canvasboard and wood, crash, Pages: Litho on Arches paper, Rubberband: Oil and modeling paste on canvas, 12-3/4 x 9 x 2", Courtesy Daniel Weinberg Gallery

Nicola Tyson, United States, born England 1960, Group #5, 1994, Graphite on paper, 30-3/4 x 33-1/2", Courtesy of the artist and Friedrich Petzel Gallery

Morrissey, Viva Hate, 1988, Album Cover, Private collection

Phranc, Folksinger, 1985, Album cover, Private collection

Holly Near, Imagine My Surprise, 1978, Album cover, Private collection


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