Portraits: Facing the Image

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"Portraits: Facing the Image," 2022

For the past two years, the only image facing many of us was in the mirror.  Alberta artists were asked to reflect on what facing the image means to them in the context of the portrait.

Portraiture as a genre has been around for millennium. It is generally a recording of an individual’s appearance and personality, but it can also include the psychological. In contemporary art, the portrait often contains a context, identifies questions, and targets social issues.  Self-portrait or not, the portrait often reveals something about the artist’s self and the age in which they live.

This is a group show, curated by The Alberta Society of Artists and exhibited at the Art Gallery of Alberta, featuring the work of Asal Andarzipour, Claudia Chagoya, Cynthia Cabrera, Jennifer Penkov, Karla Mather-Cocks, Cary Schatz, Robin Furr, Andres Mauricio Porras, E. Ross Bradley ASA, Karen Blanchet, Rachelle Ymay Skilling, Debra Bachman, Winnie Ho ASA, Kimberley Ohman, Samantha Charette, Sarah Olsen, Tara Manyfingers, Wanda Rottenfusser ASA and Wei Li.