ISelf Collection: Self-Portrait as the Billy Goat, featuring Yayoi Kusama, at the Whitechapel Gallery

Self-Portrait as the Billy Goat brings together physical, psychological and imaginary self-portraits by a selection of leading international artists.

 

Continuing the Whitechapel Gallery’s programme of opening up rarely seen collections from around the world, this is the first of four exhibitions drawn from the ISelf Collection.

 

Works by Pawel AlthamerLouise BourgeoisAndré Breton and the SurrealistsEnrico DavidTracey EminGilbert & GeorgeGabriel KuriYayoi KusamaLinderAditya MandayamRaqs Media CollectivePrem Sahib and Cindy Sherman, reveal how these artists stage their own bodies or self-reflections to examine the different ways that we build our sense of personal identity.

 

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Image: Installation view, Self-Portrait as the Billy Goat, Whitechapel Gallery 27 April-20 August 2017, courtesy Whitechapel Gallery

 

 

April 27 2017