Revolutionary self portrait

'Revolutionary Self Portrait' (2009) is a sculptural self-portrait. The work comprises a bust engulfed in hair and a scalloped pedestal stand. Historically, divine energy has frequently been depicted using fluid forms - drapery, clouds and occasionally hair. These forms and associations act as a departure point for this sculpture in which the figure is depicted in a state of inundation by billowing tufts hair. The work was also inspired by the tendency of great 19th century utopian thinkers - for example Marx, Bakunin and Kropotkin - to wear large beards. Within both traditions, the language of heroic subjectivity is amplified by a sculptural extension of the body. In 'Revolutionary Self Portrait' however, this extension threatens to suffocate the subject - a gesture made all the more ironic due to the fact that the artist himself is incapable of growing a beard. The work was selected for the National Artists' Self Portrait Prize, University of Queensland Art Museum, 2009.

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Alfred Lichtenstein, self-portrait with Hasselblad camera.

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Self-Portrait; Liebermann, Max Artworks

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Alfred Lichtenstein, self-portrait with Hasselblad camera.

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Neighbors, a self portrait.

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Self-Portrait

Vincent van Gogh; 1 ft. 4 17/32 in.x 1 ft. 1 25/64 in.; oil

Recto: Self-portrait in old age

Peter Paul Rubens; 7 7/8 in.x 6 19/64 in.; black chalk, heightened with white, on oatmeal paper

Self-Portrait

Jan Steen; 2 ft. 4 47/64 in.x 2 ft. 13/32 in.; oil on canvas

Self-portrait with the Portrait of his Wife, Margaretha van Rees, and their Daughter Maria

Adriaen van der Werff; 2 ft. 7 57/64 in.x 2 ft. 1 25/32 in.; oil on canvas

Self-Portrait with Curly Hair and White Collar, 2nd state

Rembrandt van Rijn; 2 13/64 in.x 1 59/64 in.; etching on paper

Smiling Self-Portrait with Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn; 1 59/64 in.x 1 11/16 in.; etching on paper