About The Work
Celebrated photographer Collier Schorr confronts the ambiguities of identity formation in Self Portrait # 1 (American), part of an early series of four self-portraits. Posed with a borrowed Harley Davidson, grease smeared across her face and eyes squinting, Schorr slips into a fictive reality. Resolutely American in its historical references to '50s biker culture and Elvis-style pinups, but actually taken in Germany, the image invites multiple levels of interpretation. The artist performs roles of class, gender, and sexuality in this rare self-portrait.
About Collier Schorr
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Photograph
38.00 x 16.13 in
96.5 x 41.0 cm
About The Work
Celebrated photographer Collier Schorr confronts the ambiguities of identity formation in Self Portrait # 1 (American), part of an early series of four self-portraits. Posed with a borrowed Harley Davidson, grease smeared across her face and eyes squinting, Schorr slips into a fictive reality. Resolutely American in its historical references to '50s biker culture and Elvis-style pinups, but actually taken in Germany, the image invites multiple levels of interpretation. The artist performs roles of class, gender, and sexuality in this rare self-portrait.
About Collier Schorr
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: The Artspace Group Show: Youth
- Art 101: Frieze Before the Fair: How One London Magazine Became an International Art Powerhouse
- News & Events: Who Does Madonna Collect? See Artists in the Material Girl's Private Collection
- News & Events: The Figure Is Back, Baby! At MoMA PS1's Greater New York, Artists Vanquish Zombie Formalism With People Art
- Interviews & Features: 9 Artists to Watch This February
- White frame is slightly damaged on lower left corner and scuffed elsewhere; however, there is no damage to the structural integrity of the frame or to the photograph itself.
- This work is framed. Frame measurements are 49.00" x 38.50".
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