A self portrait in the tradition of other bisexual surrealist artists such as Maya Deren, Frida Kahlo, Cindy Sherman, Anaïs Nin, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, David Bowie, Bessie Smith, Alice Walker, Virginia Woolf, and Toyen (Marie Čermínová).
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”―Anaïs Nin
"Funny. I did not set out to make a self portrait. 'Self Portrait' is an experiment in surreal automatism; with my subconscious and chance as co-authors. A collage resulted from this experiment: a 'found image as self' morphs into multiple selves who walk away from the camera to meet yet more aspects of the self, travelling through alternate times and places. Use of a 'found' female figure - who never looks at the camera - disrupts norms of traditional patriarchal self portraiture.
I tend to think that most works of art, even those that don't announce themselves as such, are 'self portraits' at some level. After all, as Anaïs Nin said, 'We don't see things as THEY are, we see them as WE are.' I am fascinated by the myriad representations of the self as Other and the Other as self (or selves); particularly in the work of women artists and other bisexual artists."―Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
"Self Portrait"―Music and video by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster.
Other found abstracted self portraits:
"The Passenger" vimeo.com/205097372
"Standing Up" vimeo.com/204817552
"Smile / Wave" vimeo.com/224574518
For more, see my portfolio at
"Self Portrait"―Music and video by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster.
“Self Portrait” is made in part from recycled images in the Public Domain, or material released under a Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain license. Copyright © 2017 Gwendolyn Audrey Foster. All rights reserved.
