"There’s never a bad time to take a selfie, although bathroom stalls are the ideal location. The self-portrait takes more planning, posing, and consideration, but, like the selfie, it will forever serve as a mirrored reflection of its moment."
Striking Resemblance: The Changing Art of Portraiture at Rutgers University’s Zimmerli Art Museum considers some 200 years (c. 1800 to the present) of the portrait’s history in mediums two-, three- and four-dimensional, with 130 works by approximately 80 artists.
Curators Susan Sidlauskas and Donna Gustafson in a Q&A tell you all you'd ever want to know about this narcissistic genre.
