Self Portrait on display at Turner Contemporary

Pencil drawing portrays the artist pondering his heredity

The National Portrait Gallery’s drawing, Self Portrait (in memory of my father), is to be shown as part of an exhibition devoted to self portraiture at Turner Contemporary, Margate. Opening on 25th January, and organized jointly with the NPG, ‘Self: Image and Identity: Self-portraiture from Van Dyck to Louise Bourgeois’ is being staged to showcase their newly acquired Van Dyck self portrait.

The catalogue notes say:

In this extraordinary new exhibition, Turner Contemporary becomes a frame through which self-portraiture is re-evaluated in the 21st century, sparking conversations on history, celebrity, collecting, gender, mortality and contemporary approaches.

We reflect on artists’ self-portraits from Sir Anthony van Dyck’s last Self-portrait of 1640-1, recently saved for the nation, to Louise Bourgeois. Over 100 works, most of which are from the National Portrait Gallery London, are brought together for an expansive look at the artists’ self.
Historical and contemporary artists sit side by side, including Sir Anthony van Dyck, Mary Beale, Louise Bourgeois, John Constable, Tracey Emin, Jason Evans, Lucian Freud, Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Angelica Kauffmann, Sarah Lucas, Gillian Wearing, Yinka Shonibare MBE, JMW Turner and Andy Warhol.

Be challenged, surprised, and think differently.’

The exhibition, at Turner Contemporary in Margate, runs from January 23rd – 10th May 2015.

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