self-portraits

Since she fled her homeland to escape the mortifying servitude and humiliating fate of Japanese women, Kimiko Yoshida -- through what is called "self-portraits" -- has refined and amplified a feminist stance of protest, cultivated and distanced from "current affairs".

Evelyne Politanoff: Kimiko Yoshida Meets Paco Rabanne Evelyne Politanoff 2011

Since she fled her homeland to escape the mortifying servitude and humiliating fate of Japanese women, Kimiko Yoshida -- through what is called "self-portraits" -- has refined and amplified a feminist stance of protest, cultivated and distanced from "current affairs".

Evelyne Politanoff: Kimiko Yoshida Meets Paco Rabanne Evelyne Politanoff 2011

[We then walk to Pruitt's self-portraits.] & #169 Ruthie Abel 2010

Marina Cashdan: The Rebirth of Rob Pruitt Marina Cashdan 2010

These partly inspired the photo shoots for the self-portraits series [a. somebody, strijen], which were the last version from that specific inspiration.

Liliana Rodrigues: Behind the Lens of Dutch Photographer Anton Corbijn Liliana Rodrigues 2010

I had been thinking about other artist's forays into self-portraiture including some of my friends, like Elizabeth Peyton who shows here -- her great self-portraits.

Marina Cashdan: The Rebirth of Rob Pruitt Marina Cashdan 2010

(Take a look at her haunting self-portraits in this post).

Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum: Molly Gottschalk From StyleLikeU Shares Her Closet And Talks About Being a Muse For David LaChapelle (VIDEO, PHOTOS) Elisa Goodkind 2010

"Philippe compared Joan of Arc in the phase of her life that I play to this photographer, who took some extremely brave and strong self-portraits before she committed suicide at a very young age," Ms. Poésy says.

The Other Cannes Film Festival Lanie Goodman 2011

Given that a nine-foot-square 1986 Warhol self-portrait sold for $32.6 million at Sotheby's earlier this year (becoming the most expensive work of art from the 1980s ever sold at auction), it certainly seems like an opportune time for a survey of Warhol self-portraits.

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There are many, many self-portraits in many ingenious permutations, as if she were checking on her own identity or interpolating herself into the environment.

The Nanny's Secret William Meyers 2012

Given that a nine-foot-square 1986 Warhol self-portrait sold for $32.6 million at Sotheby's earlier this year (becoming the most expensive work of art from the 1980s ever sold at auction), it certainly seems like an opportune time for a survey of Warhol self-portraits.

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