“In Her Own Image: Self-Portraits by Women from 1900 to 2018”, curated by Amy Sudarsky for the Concord Center for the Arts, is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints designed to present the evolution of images that women have made of themselves since the beginning of the twentieth century.

Not surprisingly, the earliest self-portraits in the exhibition are the most traditional. They were intended to accurately describe the appearance of each artist and, more often than not, place her in a social and economic context. As the various movements that characterize the arts in the twentieth and early twenty-first century emerged, changes in the formal, technical, and expressive aspects of these portraits became available.

Of greater significance than the historical sequence of the movements themselves, however, has been their function as the means by which women were able to see themselves differently. Each stylistic change encouraged an interpretation that was free of pre-existing stereotypes.

The results of this complex historical process have enabled contemporary and emerging artists to describe themselves with unprecedented directness and honesty. Although the debt to their immediate predecessors is obvious, the most recent self-portraits suggest the range of new directions that the next generation will certainly explore.

Events held in conjunction with the exhibit:

  • Panel Discussion with artists Dana Clancy, Susan Lichtman, Catherine Kehoe and curator, Amy Sudarsky: Thursday, October 25, 2018

  • “BEING SEEN”  True Stories Told Live, Wednesday November 7, 7:30pm

 

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In Her Own Image: Self Portraits by Women from 1900-2018

Curated by Amy Sudarsky

Exhibition Opening:

October 18, 2018

Exhibition End Date:

November 25, 2018

Exhibition Year:

2018

Exhibition Sponsor

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MANY THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS

Additional Sponsors:

Elise and Pierce Browne, Joan Cambell, Sara Campbell, Concord, Virginia McIntyre & John Stevens, Andrea & David Meyers, Kathleen O’Hara & Malcolm Walsh, Carmin C. Reiss & Eric D. Green, Janet Silver & Jeff Wieand, Nancy Traversy & Martin Lueck.