Date:
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:36:31 +0100
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Subject: Why Me? Artist's Use of Self
Image
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WHY ME? ARTIST’S USE OF SELF IMAGE is a new
research database available from AHDS Visual Arts.
The database contains the names of over 340
artists worldwide who feature their own physical presence within the artworks
they present. The database was constructed in 2007 by Anne Seagrave,
artist and AHRC Fellow with the Research Institute, School of Art and Design,
University of Ulster in Belfast.
The database is a unique resource for researchers
and the arts world. As Seagrave explains, “there’s only a
very small amount of reference material covering artists’ use of self-image.
You can find some information about self-portraiture in painting and
photography and a fairly small amount dealing with live art, but there's
nothing that links different artists who choose to use self-image. More
importantly, there is an enormous amount of creative contribution out there
which is not represented in the glossy magazines and publications found in
galleries and art school libraries.”
For
up to date information on forthcoming workshops and free visits please see the
online ARLIS/UK & Ireland Events Calendar 2007 at
http://www.arlis.org.uk/even/
