Creating ourselves works from the ISelf Collection
Subtitle: the self in art
By: edited by Emily Butler with Candy Stobbs
Publisher: Whitechapel Gallery
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780854882571
Subjects: Identity (Psychology) in art; Self (Philosophy) in art; Modern Art; Exhibitions; Self-perception in art
Other titles: Creating ourselves :
Description: From Surrealist selfies to feminist self-portraiture, the ISelf Collection explores identity and the human condition through the central themes of birth, death, sexuality, love, pain and joy. Taking the display of the collection at Whitechapel Gallery as its springboard, this book looks generally at the question of the self in modern and contemporary art, and the ways in which artists are thinking about being and identity as an individual, in relation to others, to society and the wider world. Featuring works by a world-class roster of artists including Francis Alys, Fiona Banner, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Tracey Emin, Alex Katz, Sarah Lucas, Mike Nelson, Cindy Sherman, John Stezaker and Wolfgang Tillmans, this fully illustrated catalogue also includes essays by Glenn Adamson, Frances Borzello, Nicholas Cullinan and Amelia Jones, as well as a selection of quotes by influential writers and theorists as chosen by some of the artists included.000Exhibition: Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom (27.04.-20.08.2017).
Notes: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition in four chapters at the Whitechapel Gallery: ISelf Collection, Self-Portrait as the Billy Goat, 27 April - 20 August 2017 ; ISelf Collection, The End of Love, 30 August - 26 November 2017 ; ISelf Collection, The Upset Bucket, 5 December 2017 - 1 April 2018 ; ISelf Collection, Bumped Bodies, 10 April - 12 August 2018"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. I; title: Self-Portrait as the Billy Goat --; title: Mirror Image?  -- Frances Borzello -- ch. II; title: The End of Love --; title: Self Image  -- Nicholas Cullinan -- ch. III; title: The Upset Bucket --; title: Waste Management  -- Glenn Adamson -- ch. IV; title: Bumped Bodies --; title: The Body and Its Works, Haunted by Desire -- Amelia Jones.