Self-Portrait Gallery

#109 Susan Knight

2012-01-29T10:58:00.023-05:00

Susan Knight, Quiet the voices within, photograph (2010)

Quiet the voices within, by Canadian artist Susan Knight, is one of hundreds of self-portraits taken over a five year span.

The small photograph, measuring five by five inches, is part of a ‘self-portrait a day’ project—an idea started somewhat vicariously by Roman Opalka with 1965 / 1 - ∞. The concept was perfected by Karl Baden’s Every Day project and made popular through the likes of Noah Kalina.

Knight, a trained interior designer and self-taught photographer from Medicine Hat, Alberta, creates what she calls interpretive self-portraiture—portraits for which the sitter, here the artist, reenacts a part or represents a persona. Many of her photos are highly decorative as Knight employs costumes, props and heavy make up.

Quiet the voices within, along with three other works belonging to a small series entitled Left and Leaning, differs significantly. The background is blank, the costume is missing and Knight’s fair skin is interrupted only by her bright eyes and (of course) the chocolate marks of a hand.

The photograph is both playful and contemplative. “It is less about someone external trying to silence me,” confirms Knight “than it is about me trying to silence my own thoughts. Specifically thoughts of inferiority or not belonging.”

Like the works of Opalka, Baden and Kalina, this photograph marks not only the result of a daily task, that of having to shoot a self-portrait each day; it becomes a work of self-reflection.

Postlude
Susan Knight’s work is as prolific as her unrestrained web presence. She manages four facebook accounts (a,b,c,d), one blog, two websites (a,b), accounts on formspring, Linkedin, flickr, twitter, redbubble, LibraryThing and model REPUBLIC. She also has vemo, klout and behance accounts. Lastly, Knight’s work is posted on JPG, Etsy and blurb. (Note that none of the links open the actual sites—they simply captured Knight's web presence through screenshots taken on January 24, 2012)

Sources:
Knight, Susan. “About.” Susan Knight: artist. n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2012.
Knight, Susan. Personal interview. 22 Jan. 2012.

#108 Dylan Murphy

2011-12-06T17:18:00.006-05:00

Dylan Murphy, Ivy Crown, Photograph (2010)

Ivy Crown, a photograph measuring 12.5 by 10 cm, is part of a larger collection of self-portraits by Illinois artist Dylan Jeffery Murphy. The faux Polaroid, sometimes referred to as a fauxlaroid, contains digitally reproduced marks and borders to have the image resemble the product of an instant film camera.

The bearded face, long hair and pronounced collarbones – traits found in many of the artist’s self-portraits – are characteristics of a Christ figure. The lighting is soft and it looks as if Murphy, just moments ago, paused and closed his eyes. It is a relief to see that the crown is made of ivy, not thorns.

Like much of Murphy’s work, the print is digitally manipulated and staged. And yet, the small size, the faux medium and the almost snapshot-like quality produce a very personal and unfailing quality of a moment that may or may not have happened.
Murphy is a recent graduate (2010) of the Arts in Cinema and Photography program at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). He is the recipient of the Paul Harum Memorial Award (2009) and the Kodak Professional Imaging Award (SIUC). The artist lives and works in Bloomington, Indiana.

Sources:

Murphy, Dylan. “Resume.” Dylan Murphy Photography. n.d. Web. 7 Dec. 2011.

Murphy, Dylan. Personal interview. 7 Dec. 2011.

#107 Alejandro Mario Yllanes

2011-11-23T20:55:00.017-05:00

Alejandro Mario Yllanes, Self-portrait Number 1, wood engraving (1944)

Alejandro Mario Yllanes (Illanes; b. 1913; d. 1960?), a Bolivian tin miner turned engraver, painter and muralist, vanished in the late 1940s after winning—but not claiming—the Guggenheim Fellowship. It is believed that he returned to Mexico leaving much of his work behind in New York.

His self-portrait was exhibited as part of a retrospective held at the Ben Shahn Galleries at William Paterson College (Wayne, NJ) in 1992. The exhibition also travelled to the Edith C. Blum Art Institute at Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY). Yllanes’ work had only been shown once before in Mexico when Diego Rivera championed his work and wrote in the 1946 exhibition catalogue that “artists and workers of Mexico should open their arms to […] this Bolivian who endured torture, languished in prison and suffered in exile because of the revolutionary affirmations expressed in his paintings.”

Jacqueline Barnitz, author of Twentieth Century Art of Latin America, writes that Yllanes was one of the few Bolivian artists to take a militant position and that his figures, the Andean peasants, are the “central actors of their own land, in control of their lives.”

The wood engraving, measuring 24 by 18 cm, follows the sophisticated patterns and speckles typical of his prints. The nicely kempt hair, and stylish suit and tie, contrast the clothing most of the Andean subjects wear in his paintings. Yet, the dark eyes and eagle-like face, traits found in many of his figures, are reflective of the silent suffering he not only depicts but must have endured himself.

Sources:
Barnitz, Jacqueline. Twentieth-century art of Latin America. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001. Print.

Museum of Modern Art. Collection database. Artefact #198.1950.

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. “Fellows.” n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2012.

Raynor, Vivien. “Art, Works by a Vanished Bolivian Painter.” New York Times (1992): n. page. Web. 5 Apr. 1992.

Weintraub, Linda. Being Discovered. The Spanish Conquest from the Amer-Indian Point of View, Alejandro Mario Yllanes. New York: Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, 1992. Print.

#106 Aaron Driggers

2009-08-23T07:48:00.004-04:00

Aaron Driggers, Homage to Newton, Photograph (2009)

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#105 Unknown

2009-08-09T15:07:00.000-04:00

Unknown, Two brothers (self-portrait), photograph (date?)

#104 Victor Carnuccio

2009-08-01T11:25:00.001-04:00

Victor Carnuccio, Self Portrait, Photograph (1996)

#103 Gus Peck (Arnold Geissbuhler?)

2009-07-19T18:51:00.005-04:00

Gus Peck (Arnold Geissbuhler?), Self-portrait, drawing (1920’s)

#102 Jean-Philippe Pernot

2009-07-19T18:49:00.004-04:00

Jean-Philippe Pernot,When I was young, Photograph (2009)

#101 H. J. Schumer

2009-07-19T18:44:00.002-04:00

H.J. Schumer, Self-portrait #3, photograph (1970’s)

#100 Charles Edward Harrigan

2009-07-19T18:41:00.004-04:00

Charles Edward Harrigan, Self-Portrait, Painting (2009?)

#99 Brad Everett Kirkman

2009-03-12T20:31:00.002-04:00

Brad Everett Kirkman, self portrait and pen drawing on the back of recycled copy paper, Drawing (2008)

#98 Maron Resur

2009-03-05T19:14:00.001-05:00

Maron Resur, Naked sketch (self-portrait), Drawing (2008)

#97 Unknown

2009-02-26T17:02:00.001-05:00

Unknown, (self-portrait), photograph (1958)

#96 Marthe Caubios

2009-02-19T21:02:00.001-05:00

Marthe Caubios, (self-portrait), painting (1960)

#95 Stuart Sandford

2009-02-12T19:27:00.001-05:00

Stuart Sandford, Self-portrait with Joel, Photograph (2005)

#94 Peter Berlin

2009-02-09T19:30:00.001-05:00

Peter Berlin, (self-portrait), photograph (1978)

#93 Unknown

2009-01-29T17:42:00.002-05:00

Unknown, (self-portrait), photograph (date?)

#92 Michael R. Conn

2009-01-22T19:12:00.001-05:00

Michael R. Conn, Self-portrait, Painting (1997)

#91 Hideki Kamauchi

2009-01-16T18:45:00.001-05:00

Hideki Kamauchi, Self Portrait #01, Photograph (2005)

#90 Barbara Rodé

2008-12-18T18:01:00.001-05:00

Barbara Rodé, (self-portrait?), painting (1960?)

#89 Antago

2008-12-11T19:22:00.001-05:00

Antago, Tea Party, Photograph (2008)

#88 Jeremy Laing

2008-12-07T18:41:00.003-05:00

Jeremy Lang, (self-portrait from ‘Pissing in Paris’ series), photograph (2003)

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#87 Unknown

2008-12-06T16:20:00.002-05:00

Unknown, (self-portrait in mirror), photograph (date?)

#86 Jena Ardell

2008-11-30T17:10:00.003-05:00

Jena Ardell, Diving Board, Photograph (2008)

#85 Larry Ferguson

2008-11-20T16:01:00.002-05:00

Larry Ferguson, Self-portrait, Photograph (1987)

#84 Mean Rebecca Jean a.k.a. Rebecca Vinai

2008-11-16T21:24:00.001-05:00

Mean Rebecca Jean, He used to bring me tea in the shower, Drawing (2008)

#83 David Gilbert

2008-09-03T19:42:00.003-04:00

David Gilbert, Flour, Photograph (2007)

#82 Melissa Hammesfahr

2008-08-26T21:17:00.003-04:00

Melissa Hammesfahr, self portrait (from Gold Country series, 2006-08), Chromogenic Print (2008)

#81 Unknown

2008-08-14T22:50:00.001-04:00

Unknown, (self-portrait), photograph (date?)

#80 Simon Pollock

2008-08-08T18:21:00.003-04:00

Simon Pollock, Make me clean, photograph (2007)

#79 Robert Lane Berg

2008-07-31T21:21:00.000-04:00

Robert Lane Berg, Self-portrait , painting (2007)

#78 K. Nicole Murtagh

2008-07-24T09:00:00.001-04:00

K. Nicole Murtagh, Self Portrait, zine (2008)

#77 Benjamin Fredrickson

2008-07-17T08:00:00.001-04:00

Benjamin Fredrickson,(interview), polaroid (2007)

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#76 Unknown

2008-07-09T20:47:00.000-04:00

Unknown, (self-portrait with companion), postcard (date?)

#75 Susan Schaffer

2008-07-03T07:34:00.000-04:00

Susan Schaffer, Three Women (Alice, Gretchen, Susan), triptych (2008)

#74 Gary J. Whitehead

2008-06-22T20:57:00.000-04:00

Gary J. Whitehead, Self-Portrait With Chairs, block cut print (2007)

#73 Harmony VanLue Tanguay

2008-06-12T21:38:00.000-04:00

Harmony VanLue Tanguay, Self-portrait (study), painting (2008)

#72 Byron Tik

2008-06-06T18:01:00.000-04:00

Byron Tik, Self Portrait 02, painting (2002)

#71 Rosemary Lucy Cosentino

2008-05-29T21:45:00.001-04:00

Rosemary Lucy Cosentino, Self Portrait in Chromo Green, painting (2008)

#70 Austin Maloney

2008-05-22T21:29:00.000-04:00

Austin Maloney, Self-portrait, painting (2008)

#69 Helen G. First

2008-05-15T10:30:00.000-04:00

Helen G. First, (Self-portrait), painting (1983)

#68 Christopher Stribley

2008-05-08T19:46:00.000-04:00

Christopher Stribley, Damaged (self-portrait), painting (2008)

#67 Jerzy Faczynski

2008-05-01T10:00:00.000-04:00

Jerzy Faczynski, Self-portrait, charcoal drawing (c, 1940)

#66 Albert Männchen

2008-04-24T19:48:00.001-04:00

Albert Männchen, Self-portrait, drawing (c.1900)

#65 Mary Margaret Hurrell

2008-04-18T19:30:00.000-04:00

Mary Margaret Hurrell, (Self-portrait), drawing (1959)

#64 Bang-Utot

2008-03-30T10:53:00.002-04:00

Bang-Utot, Autorretrato (Selbstbildnis), Ink and guache drawing (2005)

#63 Philip Gladstone

2008-03-24T22:12:00.000-04:00

Philip Gladstone, Self Portrait, painting (2007)

#62 Leonid Stroganov

2008-03-24T21:28:00.000-04:00

Leonid Stroganov, Self-portrait, etching (date?)

#61 Sam De La Rosa

2008-03-24T21:13:00.000-04:00

Sam De La Rosa, (Letter to Al; w/self-portrait), drawing (date?)

#60 Ed Freeman

2008-03-15T12:50:00.002-04:00

Ed Freeman, (self-portrait), photograph (2008)

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#59 Juan Pablo Giusepponi

2008-03-15T11:59:00.000-04:00

Juan Pablo Giusepponi, be quiet, photograph (2007)

#58 Unknown

2008-03-09T22:58:00.000-04:00

Unknown, (self-portrait), photograph (date?)

#57 Unknown

2008-03-09T22:49:00.000-04:00

Unknown, (self-portrait?), photograph (date?)

#56 Dreamer

2008-03-08T17:16:00.002-05:00

Dreamer, Typewriter & Polaroid, polaroid (2007)

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#55 Seth Walot

2008-03-08T16:55:00.000-05:00

Seth Walot, Self-portrait 1, photograph (2007)

#54 Graham Case

2008-03-08T16:23:00.001-05:00

Graham Case, self-portrait, photograph (2007)

#53 ANHRO

2008-02-15T16:41:00.001-05:00

ANHRO , (self-portrait), photograph (2007)

#52 André Bernardo

2008-02-15T14:55:00.000-05:00

André Bernardo, (self-portrait), photograph (2007)

#51 Sean-Michael Bryce Gettys

2008-02-15T13:57:00.000-05:00

Sean-Michael Bryce Gettys, (self-portrait), photograph (2007)

#50 Max Yax

2008-01-20T21:27:00.001-05:00

Max Yax, Self Portrait, painting (2004)

#49 Sean Cheung

2008-01-20T20:57:00.001-05:00

Sean Cheung, Self Portrait, painting (1999)

#48 Edward Timmins

2008-01-14T22:14:00.001-05:00

Edward Timmins, (self-portrait?), etching (1912)

#47 Albrecht Dürer

2008-01-14T22:06:00.000-05:00

Albrecht Dürer, Selbstbildnis, postcard (c. 1910)

#46 Lévy (frères Lévy)

2008-01-14T21:45:00.000-05:00

Lévy (frères Lévy), (self-portrait), drawing (19th century)

#45 Roy Adolphseri

2008-01-14T21:13:00.001-05:00

Roy Adolphseri (?), Self Portrait, etching (1968)

#44 Andrew William Mass

2008-01-14T20:48:00.003-05:00

Andrew William Mass, me as a young man, drawing (2007?)

#43 Holiday Anderson

2007-12-16T15:15:00.001-05:00

Holiday Anderson, Self Portrait, print (2007)

#42 Red Grooms

2007-12-16T14:43:00.003-05:00

Red Grooms (born Charles Rogers Grooms) , Self Portrait, postcard (1965)

#41 Alexander O'Neill

2007-12-16T11:46:00.004-05:00

Alexander O'Neill , Self Portrait, photograph (2007)

#40 pubpusher

2007-12-16T11:34:00.001-05:00

pubpusher, Ready to go, photograph (2007)

#39 Belenen

2007-12-16T11:16:00.007-05:00

Belenen, Body Love at Every Angle, photograph (2007)

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#38 Thoanny de Tensai

2007-12-13T21:41:00.003-05:00

Thoanny de Tensai, Autoportrait, photograph (2007)

#37 Jérémy Bidaud

2007-11-26T20:11:00.003-05:00

Jérémy Bidaud, Histoire de couple, photograph (2007)

#36 Christophe Malinowski

2007-11-25T19:59:00.002-05:00

Christophe Malinowski , Le choix, photograph (2007)

#35 Kristen Kempton

2007-11-25T13:27:00.002-05:00

Kristen R. Kempton, Self-portrait in black & white, photograph (2007)

#34 Jan Dillenberger

2007-11-25T13:09:00.003-05:00

Jan Dillenberger, Selbstbild 1, photograph (2006)

#33 Unknown

2007-11-25T12:29:00.006-05:00

Unknown, (self-portrait), photograph (date?)

#32 Unknown

2007-11-25T11:11:00.007-05:00

Unknown, (self-portrait), polaroid (date?)

#31 David Rodríguez

2007-11-25T10:35:00.003-05:00

David Rodríguez, a.k.a. David Beltran, self-portrait, photograph (2007)

#30 Burlea Liviu

2007-11-25T10:17:00.002-05:00

Burlea Liviu, self-portrait, photograph (2007)

#29 Davin Youngs

2007-11-02T21:51:00.004-04:00

Davin Youngs, self-portrait (placement of self project), photograph (2007)

#28 Kromogen

2007-11-02T20:41:00.008-04:00

Kromogen, Lazy, photograph (2007)

#27 Arnis Balčus

2007-11-02T20:26:00.005-04:00

Arnis Balčus, Self-portrait with Anda, Riga, postcard (2002)

#26 Justin Miller

2007-11-02T20:07:00.003-04:00

Justin Miller , Self as Bird, Linocut printed on Rives BFK using Daniel Smith oil-based ink (2007)

#25 Katie Pfeiffer

2007-11-02T19:59:00.004-04:00

Katie Pfeiffer, Self-Portrait, painting (2007)

#24 Robert Corrigan

2007-11-02T18:54:00.007-04:00

Robert Corrigan, Dali Mustached Self-Portrait, printout of jpg, black marker, laminated (2007)

#23 Noah Kalina

2007-11-02T18:27:00.004-04:00

Noah Kalina , Everyday (20030413), photograph (2003; printed in 2007)

#22 Mike Walker-Thørsvedtt

2007-11-02T18:17:00.011-04:00

Mike Walker-Thørsvedtt, self-
portrait: after track practise, photograph (2006)

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#21 Elle Moss

2007-11-02T17:58:00.005-04:00

Elle Moss, (Self-portrait), photograph (2007)

#20 Nemanja Popovic

2007-10-14T15:45:00.002-04:00

Nemanja Popovic, Self-portrait, photograph (2007)

#19 Hai-ou Hou

2007-10-14T15:41:00.003-04:00

Hai-ou Hou, (Self-portrait study), painting (2005)

#18 Gordon Lukesh

2007-10-14T15:34:00.006-04:00

Gordon Lukesh, Palais Royale Self Portrait, photograph (2000)

#17 Martha Knox

2007-10-14T15:27:00.003-04:00

Martha Knox, Self Portrait With Sphinx, relief woodblock print (2006)

#16 Edward Steichen

2007-10-14T15:18:00.003-04:00

Edward Steichen, Self-portrait, half-tone photograph (1903)

#15 Marion Milner

2007-10-02T19:58:00.004-04:00

Marion Milner, (self-portrait), painting (1940s)

#14 Molly Burkett

2007-10-02T19:48:00.002-04:00

Molly Burkett, Self-portrait 2005, photograph (2005)

#13 Paul Mpagi Sepuya

2007-09-22T09:14:00.004-04:00

Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Portrait of an Artist: SHOOT No.5, zine-format bookwork (2006)

#12 Gregory R. Gore

2007-09-22T08:56:00.001-04:00

Gregory R. Gore, Portrait of an Artist: Self-Portrait, photograph (2007)

#11 Neil Gwaltney

2007-09-22T08:36:00.004-04:00

Neil Gwaltney, Self-portrait with Birds, line and drypoint etching (2005)

#10 Nadirah

2007-09-22T08:18:00.004-04:00

Nadirah, Untitled Self Portrait, photograph (2007)