I recently saw this clever tumblr blog that I had to share because it’s so relevant to our current theme: self-portraits. I’ve been calling our drawn portraits “selfies,” but that term, of course, refers to taking a photo of oneself (or a group) with a smart phone. Olivia Muus, an advertising art director at agency Seligemig (who coincidentally has a great collage of portraits on their homepage) created this Museum of Selfies that combines the two references: the phone selfie and the artist self-portrait in the most unexpected way—it’s brilliant! Take a look:
taken by @Koenigdeseinfallsreichs
taken by Anna Schuster. Nicolas Regnier, “Büßende Magdalena,”
Martin von Wagner-Museum, Werzburg, Germany
taken by Olivia Muus
taken by Lucas Strabko. Lasar Segall, “Emigrantes,” at the Pinacoteca in São Paulo
taken by Anke von Heyl
taken by Mikkel M. Henriksen
taken by Hamburg Museum
I love how the photographer and subject seem to blend, and the painting comes to life—they really do appear to be taking selfies! This amusing blog is curated by Olivia Muus, but some of the images were taken by contributors. Please note: The artist and title of the work are only indicated when such information was provided by the blog.
Images via Museum of Selfies