2017/0056 Self portrait (with blackened face)

Self portrait (with blackened face)

Artist

Julie DOWLING
Aboriginal/Indigenous
Birth:
30 Jan 1969
 in
Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia

Artwork

Title
Self portrait (with blackened face)
Date
1996
Medium/Material
synthetic polymer paint, red ochre and ash (gumtree) on canvas
Dimensions
92.9 x 86.7 cm (slightly irregular) (Height x Width x Depth)
Credit line
Gift of Brigitte Braun, 2017
State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia
Copyright credit line
© Julie Dowling / Copyright Agency
Accession Number
2017/0056
Currently not on display

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I painted this picture after seeing an image by Velasquez in a seriesof high definition photographs. I also found images of black people asslaves in renaissance paintings, so I wanted to blend the two togetherin my own self-portrait to make comment about it. I also liked the waypower is shown in portraiture by Goya, Velasquez, Joshua Reynolds,Wright of Derby, Hogarth, Artemisia Gentileschi, Francis Bacon andLucian Freud.

Artist statement, 2018I painted this picture after seeing an image by Velasquez in a series of high definition photographs. I also found images of black people as slaves in renaissance paintings, so I wanted to blend the two together in my own self-portrait to make comment about it. I also liked the way power is shown in portraiture by Goya, Velasquez, Joshua Reynolds, Wright of Derby, Hogarth, Artemisia Gentileschi, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud.

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