Media Advisory: Press preview for “Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today

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WHAT:          Press preview for “Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today

WHEN:          Thursday, Nov. 1

                        10–11:30 a.m        

WHERE:       Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

                        Eighth and G streets N.W.

WHO:           Brandon Brame Fortune, chief curator, National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery announces “Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today,” an exhibition exploring how artists have approached self-representation and depiction through portraiture since the beginning of the last century. At a time when countless “selfies” are posted on social media channels and identity is proving to be more and more fluid, the museum will present a variety of self-portraits that raise important questions about self-perception and self-reflection. The exhibition will be on view Nov. 2 through Aug. 18, 2019.

“Eye to I” will feature more than 75 artworks encompassing tiny caricatures, wall-sized photographs, colorful pastels, watercolors, dramatic paintings and time-based media. The exhibition will include self-portraits by prominent figures in the history of portraiture, such as Berenice Abbott, Josef Albers, Richard Avedon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Thomas Hart Benton, Patricia Cronin, Imogen Cunningham, Elaine de Kooning, Walker Evans, Tsuguharu Foujita, Joan Jonas, Jacob Lawrence, Nickolas Muray, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson, Faith Ringgold, Diego Rivera, Lucas Samaras, Fritz Scholder, Roger Shimomura, Shahzia Sikander, Ralph Steiner, Andy Warhol, Martin Wong and Beatrice Wood.

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