- Catalogue Number
- E.156.1
- Title and Date
- SP (Self portrait 2010)
2010; first rendering, 2009
- Initial Title
- SP (Self portrait 2009)
- Subsequent Title Comment
- This is the second of four self portraits made on the same copper plate, all of them linked physically by the matrix, and conceptually by the artist’s intentions. In planning this sequence of self images, Amor wanted to capture the passing of time, and its relationship to the process of ageing, by superimposing each image over the previous one, using the same matrix. He completed the first rendering in 2009, taking the plate through seven states, and reworked the plate in 2010 (seven states) and again in 2011 (five states). Then, after a longer interval, he returned to the matrix in 2016, working the final self portrait in the sequence through four states. For a full account of the sequence (including a comprehensive Comment, and information on all states), please click on the hyperlink above, under ‘Initial Title’.
- URL
- https://catalogue.rickamor.com.au/works/intaglio/self-portrait-2009-2010-2011/
Record last updated 17/02/2021