Me, Myself, I: Artists’ Self-Portraits
2 May to 19 June 2022
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
Self-Portrait, 2010, pen and ink on paper
Me, Myself, I: Artists’ Self-Portraits, 2 May to 19 June 2022 at the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK. RWA’s reopening exhibition, an exploration of self-portraiture over the last three hundred years. It’s an entertaining show which achieves depth through the great variety of its subjects and their approaches.
Peter’s self-portrait, viewed in isolation, appears straightforwardly serious and pensive. However, as hung in the gallery next to Wyndham Lewis’s self-portrait it has acquired a sinister aspect. Maybe or maybe not; it’s worth a visit for the experience.