Faces: Self Portraits.

I chose the theme of self-portraits because I have always been fascinated by the way artists depict themselves. I've always thought that self-portraits always reveal a little detail about the artist that we are usually not aware of. To me self portraits are the most intimates works of art an artist can produce and it is through them that the viewers are able to have a better understanding of who the artist is a human being.

My exhibit includes self portraits from different times in history and from artists of different nationalities. For instance, Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat", Warhol's Self Portrait in a photograph and Egon Schiele's Self Portrait. Even though, these works of art are very different when it comes to style, medium and time in history they all share the basic concept of depicting the artist's persona.

Andy Warhol. "Self-portrait". Ca 1986. Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art.

Andy Warhol. "Self-portrait". 1979. Photographs.

Walker Evans. "Self-portrait in Automated Photo booth". 1929. Photographs

Diego Velazquez. "Portrait of a Man". 1630-35. European Paintings

Vincent Van Gogh. "Self-portrait with a Straw Hat". 1887. European Paintings

Stanislaw Witkiewiez. "Collapse with Lamp". ca 1973. Photographs

Albert Smith. "Self-Portrait with Hat and Pipe". 1929. Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art.

Egon Schiele."Self-portrait". 1911.Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art.

Ephraim Rubenstaim. "Self-portrait with Books". 1984-85.Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art.

Pablo Picasso."Self-portrait".1906. Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art.

Henri Matisse."Self-portrait. 1944. Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art.

Edgar Degas. "Self-portrait". 1855-56. European Paintings

Chuck Close. "Self-portrait".1995.Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art.

Max Beckmann. "Self-portrait". 1911. Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art.

William King. "Self-portrait". 1974. Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art.