During February the George Adams Gallery will feature Me, Myself & I, an exhibition of self-portraits by gallery artists. The exhibition includes paintings, drawing, sculpture, photography by Alfonzo, Arneson, Arnold, Azaceta, Barsness, Beal, Bedia, Brown, Chagoya, Demianchuk, Dill, Edison, Krut, Lenaghan, Saul, and Valerio. Me, Myself & I will also include works by artists associated with the gallery, including Bobby Neal Adams, William Beckman, Alfred Leslie, China Marks, Maryan, and Arnaldo Roche.
Among the highlights of the exhibition are Peter Saul's Oedipus Jr, a large-scale canvas from 1983 depicting the artist mutilating himself with a chain saw, Cheek, a classic ceramic self-portrait by Robert Arneson from 1976, a stark, life-size canvas by Joan Brown from 1981, and Alfred Leslie's over-life-size painting in a tuxedo jacket completed in 1987.
Among the smaller scale works in the exhibition is a photograph by Bobby Neal Adams combining his image with his father's, Andrew Lenaghan's self-portrait with his daughter Sarah painted from the front seat of his 1965 Buick, a double self-portrait in pencil by William Beckman, and a very early and unusual oil self-portrait by Maryan from 1952.
Other works include a self-portrait as a bandit by Enrique Chagoya, a self-portrait as Charlotte Corday by Ansel Krut, and a late self-portrait being chastised by the santeria deity Yemaya by Carlos Alfonzo. China Marks has contributed a work stitched on cloth, Lesley Dill a self-portrait bust veiled by a cascade of paper leaves.
Exhibition Checklist
1. Jose Bedia
Alas Que. Me Dan Mis Enemigos, 1990
acrylic, conte on canvas
59 x 57 3/4 inches
JoBp 96
2. Arnaldo Roche-Rabell
The Black Man Always Hides his Left Hand, 1993
oil on canvas
78 x 78 inches
ARp 49
3. Lesley Dill
I was Born with A Veil, 2000
chiri paper, cloth, ink, thread
72 x 17 x 10 inches
LDs 134
4. Peter Saul
Oedipus Junior, 1983
acrylic, oil on canvas
90 x 72 inches
PSp 39
5. Alfred Leslie
Self Portrait, 1982
oil on canvas
84 x 60 inches
Alp 04
6. Carlos Alfonzo
Head II, 1990
monotype, ink on paper
29 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches
CALd 7
7. Carlos Alfonzo
Head IV, 1990
monotype, ink on paper
31 x 22 1/2 inches
CALd 9
8. Carlos Alfonzo
Head III, 1990
monotype, ink on paper
29 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches
CALd 8
9. Carlos Alfonzo
Head I, 1990
monotype, ink on paper
31 x 22 1/2 inches
CALd 6
10. Ansel Krut
Self Portrait as Charlotte Corday, 2002
oil on copper
9 x 11 inches
AKp 25
11. Chester Arnold
He is Risen - An Auto portrait, 2002
oil on linen
20 x 24 inches
CAp 28
12. China Marks
My Other, 2002
machine embroidery on chintz & canvas, toile applique, polyester
viscose thread, glue, paper
13 3/4 x 10 inches
CMp 4
13. Andrew Lenaghan
Self Portrait with Sarah, 2001
oil on panel
13 3/4 x 24 inches
AnLp 318
14. Maryan
Self Portrait, 1952
oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches
MMp 33
15. Luis Cruz Azaceta
Balsero I, 1992
acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 inches
LCAp 150
16. Diane Edison
Self Portrait (Shadow), 1996
oil on panel
13 3/4 x 11 inches
DEp 11
17. James McGarrell
Double Self Portrait, Bison, 2001- 2002
oil on canvas
diptych: 10 x 20 inches
JMp 78
18. Robert Arneson
Cheek, 1976
polychrome earthenware, glazed ceramic
34 x 21 x 21 inches
RAs 112
19. Joan Brown
Gordon, Joan and Rufus in Front of the S. F. Opera House, 1969
oil on canvas
2 panels: 80 x 31 5/8 inches; 80 x 60 inches
JBRp 49
20. Valerie Demianchuk
Self, 2002
pencil on paper
40 x 30 inches
VDd 10
21. Bobby Neel Adams
6/36 Age Map Series, 1990
gelatin silver print
38 x 26 1/4 inches
BNAh 6
22. William Beckman
Double Self Portrait, 1987
pencil on paper
27 1/2 x 22 inches
WBd 04
23. Jack Beal
Self Portrait with Rudebeckias and Daylilies, 1988
oil on canvas
30 x 23 3/4 inches
JBp 44
