Self-Portraits by Artists

An artist in the studio has constant access to one particular model: the self. Painted self-portraits have been a constant throughout history while after the invention of photography, artists more often turned the lens on themselves. Some of those images are the gist of an exhibition at Art Center’s gallery, This Is Not A Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection.

This is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection.

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) Self-Portrait in Indian Costume, circa 1863 Albumen silver print Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection.

Cindy Sherman Untitled, Film Still #5, 1977 Gelatin-silver print Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection.

Morimura An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo (Collar of Thorns), 2001 Dye diffusion thermal transfer print Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection .

Keeley With Father by Dennis Keeley, chair of the Photography and Imaging Department at ArtCenter College of Design is on view at ArtCenter College of Design’s Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery in Pasadena and continues through June 3, 2018.