Self-Portrait of Matthew Best
SubjectPortrait of
Matthew Best
Date2020 April 2
Mediumborn digital photography
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Matthew Best
DescriptionBorn digital photograph of a drawn self-portrait of Matthew Best. The drawing is drawn in dark colors and he is wearing a bright pink face mask with polka dots. He is also wearing eyeglasses.
From his submission description: "I am an artist and I teach a figure drawing class at Hartford Art School. Like other schools, all of our classes shifted to being online classes. The thought of teaching figure drawing as an online class required creativity and quick thinking. Instead of using live figure models we've switched to using what we have available, ourselves and the people we are quarantined with. Each week they are doing two self-portraits we are calling #quarantineportrait. I have joined them doing self-portraits in solidarity. Most of my self-portraits have been my own attempts to processing isolation. In this case I am wearing a brightly colored face mask made for me by my husband, Paul Pham."
From his submission description: "I am an artist and I teach a figure drawing class at Hartford Art School. Like other schools, all of our classes shifted to being online classes. The thought of teaching figure drawing as an online class required creativity and quick thinking. Instead of using live figure models we've switched to using what we have available, ourselves and the people we are quarantined with. Each week they are doing two self-portraits we are calling #quarantineportrait. I have joined them doing self-portraits in solidarity. Most of my self-portraits have been my own attempts to processing isolation. In this case I am wearing a brightly colored face mask made for me by my husband, Paul Pham."
Object number2020.73.0
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James Sidney Brainard
