Art of the Selfie

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Is a self-portrait the original selfie? Our exciting new Amgueddfa Cymru exhibition Art of the Selfie explores and asks this question, looking at how artists through time, from Rembrandt and Van Gogh to Bedwyr Williams and Anya Paintsil, see and represent themselves.

Throughout history, many artists have used self-portraits as ways to explore their identities and express themselves to the world. Van Gogh painted no fewer than thirty-five self-portraits and so became arguably one of the most recognizable faces in Western art. This exhibition will feature Van Gogh’s Portrait of the Artist (1887), which is on loan from Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Joining Van Gogh will be a selection of artists from the national collection of Wales, including

Rembrandt
Brenda Chamberlain
Francis Bacon
Bedwyr Williams
Anya Painstil.

Together they showcase a wide range of different methods and artistic approaches to the concept of the self-portrait.