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‘Looking Out, Looking In: Exploring the Self-Portrait’

An installation view taken from behind a visitor's head; the visitor looks upon two small self-portrait works hung on a white gallery wall.

An installation view from ‘Looking Out, Looking In’ featuring Benita Clement’s Self portrait 2016 (© Benita Clements / Copyright Agency) and Nora Heysen’s Self portrait 1938 (© Lou Klepac), March 2023 / Collection: QAGOMA / Photograph: Joe Ruckli, QAGOMA


Included in ‘Looking Out, Looking In’ are Collection works in which the artist has captured themself in profile.

 

Artwork Self portrait this artwork made of Watercolour, pastel and pit on paper, created in 1969-01-01

Self portrait 1969
Artwork Self portrait this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on watercolour paper, created in 2016-01-01

Self portrait 2016
Artwork Self portrait with cat this artwork made of Colour woodblock print on cream wove paper, created in 1930-01-01

Self portrait with cat 1930
Artwork Self portrait this artwork made of Oil on canvas laid on board, created in 1938-01-01

Self portrait 1938
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Self portrait 1932
Artwork Self portrait this artwork made of Oil on composition board, created in 1956-01-01

Self portrait 1956
Artwork Self portrait this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1775-01-01

Self portrait c.1780

 

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A painting of a huge-scale male-appearing head set amongst lotus flowers, with a ladder leaning against the person's eyebrow.
LOOKING OUT, LOOKING IN

LIST OF WORKS: ‘Looking Out, Looking In’

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A surrealist painting of a man's head 'installed' in a landscape; a small woman in an elaborate white dress holds a long swatch of red fabric that, depending on your perspective, is either extracted from or added to the head by a giant hand hovering over it.
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'Altered states'

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A detail view of an oil portrait of a person with long wavy blond hair; their head, shoulders and arms are seen, but their torso appears to dissolve away.
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‘In the Flesh’

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A painting of a huge-scale male-appearing head set amongst lotus flowers, with a ladder leaning against the person's eyebrow.
LOOKING OUT, LOOKING IN

LIST OF WORKS: ‘Looking Out, Looking In’

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