The Indirect Self-Portrait

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The Indirect Self-Portrait
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What is it?!

• An indirect self portrait is a portrait of you
  without directly showing yourself. It can be a
  collection of objects that have special meaning
  to you, and even some part of your image hidden
  amongst them. Some artists choose a part of
  themselves like hands or feet.
• Frida Kahlo made many self-portraits

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• This is one of her indirect self-portraits. She
  only chose to show her feet alongside this more
  personal imagery. Its just as much a reflection
  of herself as the ones of her face!

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Van Gogh chose objects that were personal to him.
Things he used everyday like his pipe and matches
or letters. Writing letters was a huge part of
his daily life.
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Many historians think that there is a
self-portrait in the skull (left side) in this
still life by Picasso.
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Examples of indirect self-portraits just using
personal objects
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• Each thing represents something important to me.
  The notebook-my love for writing, the necklace-my
  love for dressing up, the crayons-my love of
  color and being carefree enough to color with
  crayons, the Prima bottles-my love of
  scrapbooking, my passport-my love of travel, and
  the guitar pick-my love for music and remembering
  my cousin, who gave it to me.- by a college
  student.

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High school and college indirect self-portraits
in pencil. They chose things that they wear like
glasses and hats as well as things that they use
often like video games
Both artists also included things from their
childhood- stuffed toys and figurines.
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Indirect Self-portraits with part of the artist
visible
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These artists used reflections to include
themselves in the image.
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Think about objects that represent you. What
objects could stand-in for the many parts of who
you are? They can be serious, whimsical, things
you wear, objects you use all the time ,things
you would take with you if you were stranded on a
desert island Make a list! Will you include a
hand? A reflection? A shadow? How can this still
life become YOU?