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Philip Akkerman
Self-portrait, 1986 (no. 35), 1986
A self-portrait is rarely created out of vanity, but more often out of convenience. After all, with a mirror, the painter always has an available model. Philip Akkerman has made nothing but self-portraits since 1981, which he has thereby elevated into a form of conceptual art. While Akkerman paints
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his own face over and over, he always does so in different styles and techniques. Here the contrasting wild reddish purple and earth green colours of the tensely concentrated face reference early 20th-century Fauvism.
Long-term loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel
Artist
Philip Akkerman
Title
Self-portrait, 1986 (no. 35)
Year
1986
Technique
Oil and tempera on canvas on panel
Size
40 x 34 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Painting
Copyright
Uknown
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