Like a lot of painters, I often feel the need to make self-portraits. Sometimes I'm bored and don't know what to paint, other times I know I'm in a state that needs to be recorded. At the time I made this I was very anxious. I was living in the east village and all sorts of things were going on in my mind, good and bad. I think this was one of the best-self portraits I ever made, also one I should have left alone. I (as I often do with self-portraits) manipulated it into an overworked grueling piece of crap. This is a blurry detail that a friend shot at its beginning. Thanks Annie! I've had the urge to compile all my self-portraits here, I will do it as soon as I find them. I am fascinated by self-portraits, and I love artists like Frida Kahlo who have the cajones to make them the bulk of their work. Speaking of Frida, her work is coming to the Philadelphia Museum of Art this February and I couldn't be more excited..
Aug 12, 2007
Self Portrait 2003
Self-portrait with Cloak (Picasso)
I opened myself up to becoming a Picasso fan, and it didn't take long after seeing this self-portrait. I always thought his Blue and Rose Period pieces were striking, I saw some at the Barnes Foundation when I was young. I am starting to understand cubism, still don't necessarily care for it. But who knows what can happen? Regardless, I wanted to share this painting, which you may have seen, but I am just now rediscovering. I had no idea he was so heavily trained in formal art. In fact, I didn't know anything about him. After reading about it and beginning some training myself, I am starting to appreciate his much proclaimed 'greatness'. (So, no more ignorant eye-rolling from me. At least not on this subject!)
Aug 8, 2007
Aug 6, 2007
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