Scratching the Surface: On and In Self Portrait (1895)
This article examines the surface of Edvard Munch’s Self Portrait (1895), one of the artist’s most emblematic images, proposing ways of thinking about the lines scratched into the blackness surrounding the artist’s head. Assuming that the surface is a place of negotiation among t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Norwegian Bokmål |
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Scandinavian University Press
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Kunst og Kultur |
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| Online Access: | https://www.idunn.no/kk/2017/01-02/scratching-the-surface |
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| Summary: | This article examines the surface of Edvard Munch’s Self Portrait (1895), one of the artist’s most emblematic
images, proposing ways of thinking about the lines scratched into the blackness surrounding the artist’s head. Assuming that the
surface is a place of negotiation among the artist, the material, and the viewer, it examines ways in which the almost invisible
lines trouble the reading of the motif. |
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| ISSN: | 0023-5415 1504-3029 |