Self-representation in an expanded field : from self-portraiture to selfie, contemporary art in the social media age / edited by Ace Lehner

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction. From Self-Portrait to Selfie : Contemporary Art and Self-Representation in the Social Media Age / Ace Lehner. Issues in Self-Representation. Between Our Selves : Conversations on Race and Representation / Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik ; Feeling Myself : Loving Gestures and Representation in 'Mickalene Thomas: Muse' / Natalie Zelt ; From Self to #Selfie : An Introduction / Rudy Lemcke -- Selfie Shifts. Race for the Prize : The Proto-Selfie as Endurance Performance Art / Marc A. Tasman ; Reflecting on Life on the Internet : Artistic Webcam Performances from 1997 to 2017 / Tina Sauerlaender ; Selfie-Wars on Social Media / Ramón Reichert -- New Selfie Precedents. "First Ever Selfie Cover!" : Cosmopolitan Magazine, Influencers, and the Mainstreaming of Selfie Style / Mehita Iqani ; Self-Image as Intervention : Travis Alabanza and the New Ontology of Portrait Photography / Ace Lehner

"Defined as a self-image made with a hand-held mobile device and shared via social media platforms, the selfie has facilitated self-imaging, becoming a ubiquitous part of globally networked contemporary life. Beyond this, selfies have facilitated a diversity of image making practices and enabled otherwise representationally marginalized constituencies to insert self-representations into visual culture. In the Western European and North American art-historical context, self-portraiture has been somewhat rigidly albeit obliquely defined, and selfies have facilitated a shift regarding who literally holds the power to self-image. Like self-portraits, not all selfies are inherently aesthetically or conceptually rigorous or avant-garde. But--as this project aims to ... address via a variety of interdisciplinary approaches--selfies have irreversibly impacted visual culture, contemporary art, and portraiture in particular. Selfies propose new modes of self-imaging, [move] forward emerging aesthetics and challenge established methods; they prove that as scholars and image-makers it is necessary to adapt and innovate in order to contend with the most current form of self-representation to date"--From publisher's description, viewed July 19, 2021