Likeness. Portraits of Artists by Other Artists

The first exhibition to consider a recent history of artists’ representations of other artists, whether peers, colleagues, or idols. Surveying a loose network of artists primarily active in Berlin, London, Los Angeles, and New York, both exhibition and catalog explore a variety of approaches to portraiture, examining how artists have questioned, and reimagined, what exactly constitutes a portrait. Featured Artists Matthew Antezzo, Roy Arden, David Armstrong, AA Bronson, Edgar Bryan, Heather Cantrell, Chuck Close, Anne Collier, Tacita Dean, Sam Durant, Nan Goldin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Richard Hamilton, Peter Hujar, Deborah Kass, Mike Kelley, Richard Kern, Bruce La Bruce, Sean Landers, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jonathan Meese, Richard Misrach, Dave Muller, Paul Noble, Julian Opie, Elizabeth Peyton, Sigmar Polke, Richard Prince, David Robbins, Wolfgang Tillmans, James Welling, Neil Winokur

Text: Higgs Matthew, Robbins David et al. cm 22,8×33; pp. 72; 38 COL; paperback. Publisher: CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, 2004.

ISBN: 9780972508032| 0972508031

ID: AM-8884

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The first exhibition to consider a recent history of artists’ representations of other artists, whether peers, colleagues, or idols. Surveying a loose network of artists primarily active in Berlin, London, Los Angeles, and New York, both exhibition and catalog explore a variety of approaches to portraiture, examining how artists have questioned, and reimagined, what exactly constitutes a portrait. Featured Artists Matthew Antezzo, Roy Arden, David Armstrong, AA Bronson, Edgar Bryan, Heather Cantrell, Chuck Close, Anne Collier, Tacita Dean, Sam Durant, Nan Goldin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Richard Hamilton, Peter Hujar, Deborah Kass, Mike Kelley, Richard Kern, Bruce La Bruce, Sean Landers, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jonathan Meese, Richard Misrach, Dave Muller, Paul Noble, Julian Opie, Elizabeth Peyton, Sigmar Polke, Richard Prince, David Robbins, Wolfgang Tillmans, James Welling, Neil Winokur

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