James McNeill Whistler, Arrangement in grey and black no. 1: Portrait of the artist’s mother, 1871, oil on canvas, 144.3 x 162.5 cm, Musée d’Orsay, Paris (RF 699), Photo : © RMN-Grand Palais (musée d’Orsay) / Jean Schormans
Whistler, Warhol and Weiwei. Three artists, three centuries of portraiture.
From the iconic painting of Whistler’s Mother, to Warhol’s celebrity portraits and Ai Weiwei’s ‘selfies’, these artists highlight our continuing fascination with portraiture.
How does portraiture inform our identity? How do we understand the self today?
From paintings to Polaroids, in a special address Dr Vivien Gaston will delve into how these three significant artists approach portraiture, and why we are so obsessed with the ‘selfie’.
Speaker
Dr Vivien Gaston, Australian Research Council Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2nd April, 2–3pm,
Venue: NGV International, Education Theatre
Ticketed event, bookings online: http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/program/cult-of-identity-whistler-warhol-and-weiwei/