THE REFLECTED GAZE
2010-01-18Following the first known self-portrait by Jan van Eyck, in 1433, to Durer’s self promotional works and the haunting self-portraits of Rembrandt, art history has since been full of the subjective gaze of the artist upon themselves. Today the practice continues, often for very widely differing conceptual reasons, but the telling self study still hints at mortality as well as exploring that strange meeting point where the introspective self gaze meets the objective outward look and attunes itself in order to displace the subjective/objective dichotomy.
Opposite – Terri Thomas, Foundlings (2009)
58 x 90 inches, Swarovski Crystals and Oil on Canvas
Exhibition runs through to February 20th, 2010
The Torrance Museum Of Art
3320 Civic Center Drive
Torrance
CA
90503
USA
