{"id":32802,"date":"2016-06-16T14:43:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T12:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=32802"},"modified":"2016-06-16T14:43:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T12:43:40","slug":"human-interest-whitney-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/human-interest-whitney-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Human Interest&#039;: How Selfies Democratised Portraiture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32839 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2015_58_still_satterwhite.jpeg_1140.jpg\" alt=\"Jacolby Satterwhite, Reifying Desire 6\" width=\"1140\" height=\"642\" \/> Jacolby Satterwhite, Reifying Desire 6, 2014. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee copyright Jacolby Slatterwhite<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nPortraiture in art started as a medium that belonged to the upper echelons of the social structure. Once strongly associated with prestige and money, the portrait was also a sign of self-love with a good dose of healthy narcissism. The arrival of photography and its continuous technological evolution has helped democratise portraiture. However, the levels of vanity in society have all but decreased, especially since the popularisation of the all holy selfie.<br \/>\nA new exhibition at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York explores to what extent selfies have influenced portraitures and draws from the museum\u2019s permanent collection featuring more than 300 works made from 1900 to 2016 by 200 artists. Spread over two floors, the display of paintings, photographs, and drawings confirms our obsession with the images of other humans\u2013whether picture perfect or rough around the edges. The works on show can be grotesque, funny, sexual, cute-strange, and disturbing, satisfying visitors&#8217; voyeuristic hankering while exemplifying how artists have adapted to new ways of thought and technology to shift their\u00a0gaze.<br \/>\nSplit into 11 themed sections including \u201cStreet Life\u201d, \u201cPrice of Fame\u201d, \u201cMaking Faces\u201d and \u201cPortraits Without People\u201d, the exhibition features celebrated and titanic works such as Alex Katz&#8217; &#8220;Place&#8221; (1977), and more surprising works such as Stewart Uoo&#8217;s &#8220;No Sex, No City: Miranda&#8221; (2013) and Jacolby Satterwhite&#8217;s &#8220;Reifying Desire 6&#8221; (2014).<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/86_61a-jj_warhola_1140.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Ethel Scull 36 Times\" width=\"967\" height=\"537\" \/> Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Ethel Scull 36 Times, 1963. Acrylic and screenprint on canvas, 80 \u00d7 144 in. (203.2 \u00d7 365.8 cm). Jointly owned by the Whitney Museum of American Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art; gift of Ethel Redner Scull 86.61a-jj copyright 2016 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.\/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rachel-Harrison_whitney.jpg\" alt=\"Rachel Harrison amy winehosue\" width=\"1200\" height=\"950\" \/> Rachel Harrison (1966\u2013), Untitled, 2012. Colored pencil on paper. 19 \u00d7 24 in. (48.3 \u00d7 61 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee. 2012.81 copyright Rachel Harrison Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TBBGgT3Aw3w?rel=0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-32848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/95_31_kilimnickk_1140-767x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Kilimnik kate moss\" width=\"767\" height=\"1200\" \/> Karen Kilimnik (b. 1955), CK, 1993. Wax crayon and acrylic, 35 1\/8 \u00d7 22 7\/16 in. (89.2 \u00d7 57 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Bohen Foundation 95.31 copyright Karen Kilimnik<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/whitney.org\/Exhibitions\/HumanInterest\" target=\"_blank\">Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney\u2019s Collection<\/a>&#8221; is at the Whitney Museum, New York, until 12 February 2017<\/strong> \n&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new exhibition at the Whitney in New York exemplifies people&#8217;s obsession with people through 300 artworks<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":32864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,81,139,3980],"tags":[4745,4746,4747,3649,38,4748,4749,4750,2473,124,2160,4751,2393,2141],"class_list":["post-32802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-fashion","category-art","category-tech","tag-reifying-desire-6","tag-alex-katz","tag-amy-winehouse","tag-andy-warhol","tag-art","tag-fame","tag-jacolby-satterwhite","tag-karen-kilimnik","tag-kate-moss","tag-new-york","tag-portraiture","tag-stewart-uoo","tag-whitney","tag-whitney-museum"],"acf":{"main_category":null,"legacy":"1","exclude_from_ads":null,"hero_title":null,"subtitle":null,"hero":null,"teasers":null,"facebook_image":null,"related_articles":null,"next_article":null,"sleek_card_focus":null,"content":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Human Interest&#039;: How Selfies Democratised Portraiture &#039;Human Interest&#039;: How Selfies Democratised Portraiture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/human-interest-whitney-portraits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Human Interest&#039;: How Selfies Democratised Portraiture &#039;Human Interest&#039;: How Selfies Democratised Portraiture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new exhibition at the Whitney in New York exemplifies people&#039;s obsession with people through 300 artworks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/human-interest-whitney-portraits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-16T12:43:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Will Furtado\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2\u00a0Minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. 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