temporary queer micronation

ancientart:

Ancient Celtic bust of Marcus Aurelius, dates to about 180 AD, from Avenches, Switzerland.

Through his portraits, the emperor is constantly in attendance over his vast empire. The hair is combed back from the forehead, representing a typical Celtic hairstyle and reveals the Gallo-Roman origin of the artist. Hammered from a single sheet of gold, the bust is a masterpiece of craftsmanship.

Courtesy & currently located at the Historical Museum of Bern. Photo taken by Xuan Che

Breakfast in the Studio (Cara, Anna & Paul), Acrylic, charcoal, and chalk on canvas, 32”x31”, 2012.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Carly Andrews, 2011

I started to take some pictures of my work, but wasn’t happy with any of the lighting in my house.

I’m gonna wait for a less windy day and just shoot them outside, but here’s a picture of one of my favorite drawings from the semester.

We were given the assignment to take a self-portrait that we ourselves weren’t in. I decided to work with the idea that while they help define us, our faces aren’t who we are. To show this, I took a photograph of someone else, and manipulated it so their face displayed the structure and proportion of my own. I wanted to be really up front with the process, so I made no effort to hide the artifacts of the manipulation.

Portrait of Susan Sontag, by Annie Leibovitz. (They were lovers.)

Portrait of Arnold Schwarzenegger+ by Annie Liebovitz

I had a portrait shoot today for a class assignment. Here’s a quick edit of one of my favorite shots.