constructing (and questioning) identity: the self ... · left side: schapiro: my fan is half a...

Schapiro: Autobiography, 1982 Schapiro: Russian Matrix, 1994

Kahlo: Self-Portrait (1930) (left) and Self-Portrait as aTehuana (1948)

Childhood Rejection Drawing Judy Chicago, 1974

Untitled #6Howardena Pindell, 1975

Self-Portrait as La PitturaArtemesia Gentileschi, 1630s

Sarah Miriam Peale: Self-Portrait, 1830

"Under this mask, another mask. I will never be finished removing all these masks." (Claude Cahun)

CONSTRUCTING (and questioning)IDENTITY:

THE SELF-PORTRAITS OF WOMEN ARTISTS

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The Two Fridas, 1930 The Broken Column, 1944

Tree of Hope, 1946

Kara Walker: untitled, 1999

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Agony in the Garden, 1991Time, 1988-91

I'm Dancing as Fast As I Can, 1984

left side: Schapiro: My Fan is Half a Circle (from the Mother Russia series), 1994; right side: costumes by Aleksandra Ekster, 1917

Mary Cassatt and Me, 1976 [femmage]

Miriam Schapiro's Collaborations

Dollhouse, 1972

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Cindy Sherman denies making a self-portrait!

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Slavery! Slavery! Presenting a GRAND and LIFELIKE Panoramic Journey, 1997

Kara Walker: To be and to kill the

heroine

"The world is so drawn toward beauty that I became interested in things that are

normally considered grotesque or ugly, seeing them as more fascinating

and beautiful. It seems boring to me to pursue the

typical idea of beauty, because that is the easiest or the most obvious way to the see the world. It's more challenging to look at the

other side."

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Bill Viola: Five Angels for the Millennium, 2001

Bill Viola: The Crossing, 1996, video/sound installation

Where are we today?"Under this mask, another mask. I will never be finished removing all these

masks." (Claude Cahun)

Insurrection, 2002Darkytown Rebellion, 2001

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Jenny Saville: Fulcrum, 1998-9, oil on canvas, 103" x 192"

Judy Chicago: Details of The Dinner Party1974-79 (recently installed in the Brooklyn Museum of Art)

Mixed-media installation

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