Identity & Self-PortraitsIB Visual Arts 1

Project 1

A young Rembrandt, c. 1628, when he was 22. Partly an exercise in chiaroscuro. Rijksmuseum

Rembrandt. Oil on Beech Panel.Self-portrait wearing a white feathered bonnet, 1635, Buckland Abbey, Devon.

Self Portrait at the age of 63 - Dated 1669, the year he died, though he looks much older in other portraits. National Gallery, London

Ai Weiwei Dropping a Han-Dynasty Urn 1995Triptych, C-prints, each 150 x 166 cm © Ai Weiwei

Egon Schiele 1912Self Portrait with his head downOil on panel42.2 x 33.7cm

Self Portrait, Grimacing191055.8 x 36.7Pencil, charcoal, brush and gouach on paperAlbertina, Vienna

I shall endure for art and for the happiness of my lover.

Self-portrait of Schiele in jail, 191247.9 x 31.9 cmBrush and watercolor on japan paper

Egon Schiele 1915Self-Portrait with Striped SleevesDrawing191549 x 31..5 cm

Tomoko SawadaRecruit/Navy, 2006One hundred chromogenic prints hinged to board27 3/8 × 23 1/2 in69.5 × 59.7 cm

Some other artists to consider---• Cindy Sherman• Anselm Feurerbach• Florine Stettheimer• Ernst Ludwic Kirchener• Marina Abramovic• Francis Bacon• Kiki Smith• Henri Matisse• Max Beckmann• Palma Vecchio• Pablo Picasso• Gustave Courbet

And the list goes on….• Hopefully this gives you a start, sparking some ideas of how you might

want to approach this project, what angles of identity and personal cultural experience you want to address through your self portrait. • Begin to brainstorm and plan out your ideas, and we’ll discuss them

together in class.• If there is a certain artist or group of artists that we looked at that you

are particularly interested in, take the time to research that further, and write about it in your workbook!