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Portraiture in Contemporary Art



David Hockney.  Gregory in Golf Cap1976


Edward Hopper.  Morning In a city, 1944


Gregory Crewdson, Woman at Sink, 2013


Rong Rong & Inri. In Fujisan, Japan, 2001



Vik Muniz.  Che (black beans), After Alberto Korda, 2000


Linder.  Sans Titre, 1979


Ron Mueck, A Girl, 2006


Lucian Freud. Self Portrait, 1985


Marc Quinn.  Self, 1991

Adam Fuss.  Untitled, 2011


Andy Warhol.  Triple Elvis, 1963

Helmut Newton, Angelina Jolie, 1998


Catherine Opie, Self-Portrait/Cutting, 1993


Loretta Lux, The Fish, 2003


Andres Serrano, Untitled III, 2015


Atta Kim, 100 Countries/100 Men, 2004


Daniel Lee, Origin, 1999 LINK




Magdalena Abakanowicz, Agora, 2005-2006 (Grant Park, Chicago)


Discussion Question: What makes a good portrait? Share your thought in class next week Tuesday Feb 14.

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