Self-Portrait

by Amanda Clyne

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Piet Mondrian, drawing

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Chanel in Vogue.

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Collar and Berthe of Irish Crochet Lace. Illustration from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

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Photographer: Roger Ballen

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Giovanni Bernini, "Fortitude", pen and brown ink, 1470

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Clare Grill, "Tissue", oil on linen, 2014

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"...by herself..."

"For now she need not think about anybody. She could be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need of -- to think; well, not even to think. To be silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself, a wedge-shaped core of darkness, something invisible to others. ...it was thus that she felt herself, and this self having shed its attachments was free for the strangest adventures." -- Virgina Woolf

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Delacroix, "Le lit defait", oil on canvas, 1824

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SELF-PORTRAIT: Agnes Martin, "White Flower", 1960 #painting

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Jens Risch, one endlessly knotted silk thread

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Helmut Newton, Van Cleef & Arpels diamond bracelet x-ray, 1979

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Felix Gonzales-Torres, Untited (Last Light), 1993

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Bartolo di Fredi, Joseph's Dream, 14th century

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Antony Gormley

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Nancy Lorenz, gold leaf and lacquer, 2006

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Röyksopp - Sparks

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David Noonan, screenprint on linen & collage, 2008