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How Duchamp, Kusama, & Basquait Take Selfies: 27

Contemporary Self-Portraits
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According to Meriam-Webster dictionary, the definition of selfie is “an image of oneself taken by
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oneself using a digital camera especially for posting on social networks.” I know—you still can’t
believe it’s actually in the dictionary (the term was officially added in 2014 after it was named
Oxford Dictionaries’ “Word of the Year” in 2013). But peoples’ obsession with documenting
themselves is not a new phenomenon. While it has certainly adapted with the digital age, this
fixation can be traced over time through self-portraiture. A self-portrait isn't the exact same thing as
a selfie, but the two modes of capturing your own image have undeniable similarities; they both
provide a platform for self-expression and a means to display how one sees themselves within
society.
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Arcadia Missa and Amalia Ulman. Photo via Time Magazine.
Phaidon first tackled the history of self-portraiture in 1936 (did you know the publisher was that
old?!) with their book Five Hundred Self-Portraits: From Antique Times to the Present Day. Ludwig
Goldscheider, who was the then Vienna-based company’s co-founder, selected the 500 portraits
included in the volume. Because very few books at the time had assembled and displayed self-
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portraits in this manner, Phaidon’s version was ground-breaking. However, like any old-school art
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history book, the self-portraits were mostly of old white dudes. In the year 2000, Phaidon
reconsidered the subject and published a newer, more compact edition ofFOR
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artworks were added—including more conceptual approaches to depicting one’s self.
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And now, Phaidon is back at it again with the recently published 500 Self Portraits, where they’ve
revisited and expanded the book for a third time. The preface of the book explains, “Our
understanding of how the self is represented visually has shifted again since then, with smartphone
cameras and image-sharing social media platforms heralding the age of the ubiquitous ‘selfie.’ The
twenty-first-century has also seen art history opening up to embrace previously overlooked artists, as
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well as a new generation, who have taken the self-portrait in fresh directions.” Consequently, the
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newest version presents a much more diverse range of artworks and an additional 81 artists. Here’s a
chronological, visual list of some of our favorite contemporary selfies from
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VIVIAN MAIER
Self-Portrait, May 5, 1955, gelatin silver print. Image via The New York Times.

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MARCEL DUCHAMP
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With My Tongue in My Cheek, 1959, plaster on pencil and paper. Photo via Académie de Nantes.
NORMAN ROCKWELL
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Triple Self-Portrait, 1960, oil on canvas. Image via The Red List.
YAYOI KUSAMA
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Horse Play, 1967, happening. Image via Delectant.
FRANCIS BACON
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Self-Portrait, 1969, oil on canvas. Image via the artist.

ANA MENDIETA
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Untitled (Facial Hair Transplants), 1972, suite of seven color photographs. Image via Alison Jacques
Gallery.
DAVID HOCKNEY
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The Student – Homage to Picasso, 1973, etching. Image via National Portrait Gallery.
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BARKLEY L HENDRICKS
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Brilliantly Endowed, 1977, oil and acrylic on linen canvas. Image via Huffington Post.
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ADRIAN PIPER
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Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Negroid Features, 1981, pencil on paper. Image via Curiator.
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JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
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Self-Portrait as a Heel – Part Two, 1982, acrylic and oil paintstick on canvas. Image via Artchive.
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NAN GOLDIN
Nan One Month after Being Battered, 1984, cibachrome print. Image via the Tate.
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HELEN CHADWICK
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Vanity, 1986, cibachrome print. Image via Highlike.
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'East Meets West' Self-Portrait series 1979–1989, 1983, gelatin selenium-toned silver print. Image via
Center for Creative Photography.
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CINDY SHERMAN
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Untitled, 1989, color photograph. Image via The Eye of Photography.

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YASUMASA MORIMURA
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Doublannage (Dancer I), 1989, color photograph. Image via Artnet.

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MARTIN KIPPENBERGER
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Martin, into the Corner, You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself, 1989–90, hard foam, cast resin, latex,
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acrylic (head and hands), metal, Styrofoam, foam rubber, clothing (shirt, trousers, pair of braces,
leather shoes), iron plate. Image via Flash Art.
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JENNY SAVILLE
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Branded, 1992, oil on canvas. Image via Huffington Post.

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CATHERINE OPIE
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Self-Portrait/Cutting, 1993, chromogenic print. Image via The Guggenheim.

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SHIRIN NESHAT
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Seeking Martyrdom, 1995, black-and-white photograph and ink. Image via Artsy.

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MAURIZIO CATTELAN
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Spermini (Little Sperms), 1997, latex, paint, 500 heads. Image via Rafa Mussolini.
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PIPILOTTI RIST
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Open my Glade (Flatten), 2000, single channel video installation, silent, color. Image via Artsy.
SHENG QI
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Memories (Me), 2000, chromogenic print. Image via MoMA.

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GLENN LIGON
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Self-Portrait at Eleven Years Old, 2004, stenciled linen pulp on cotton-based sheet. Image via
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ZHANG HUAN
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Family Tree, 2001, nine chromogenic prints in polyptych. Image via Public Delivery.
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Je Suis Innocent, 2012, lambda chromogenic print. Image via Artlyst.
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ZANELE MUHOLI
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Ntozakhe II, Parktown, 2016, gelatin silver print. Image via Art Basel.
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