Catalogue for Autoritratto, an exhibition curated by Joanna Bird in July 2020.
Autoritratto is the Italian term for ‘self portrait’. How an artist sees what they are working on is, for them, something equivalent to looking into a mirror and seeing their own image reflected back for their own gaze to review, appraise, and critique.
This exhibition gives seventeen artists, unconditionally, the chance to exhibit work that they feel most truly represents them. It focuses particularly on how these artists have come to evaluate their own work. In doing so, it offers us a rare insight into a wide range of contemporary artistic sensibilities.