1. Self Portraits Why do artists portray themselves in their work?
What materials and methods do they use to create their art works?
What aspects of themselves are they communicating to the viewer?

2. Where is this mirror hung? Why?
What did the artist see when he signed the mirror?
Gavin Turk
Epiphany 1992

3. Lieblingsteile (favourite things) 2000
What are these objects?
Does the title help us to under-stand the picture?
What do our clothes say about us?
Antonia Low
Lieblingsteile (favourite things) 2000

4. Who do you think these boots belong to?
What do you think they are made out of?
Do you think they were easy to make?
What do they tell us about the artist?
Sarah Lucas
Concrete Boots

5. What do our belongings not say about us?
How long do you think it would take you to write a list of everything you own?
What do our belongings not say about us?
Michael Landy
Breakdown Inventory 2001

6. How can secrets be self-portraits?
This writing is too small to read so we can’t find out what the secrets are...
How can secrets be self-portraits?
Does it matter that this does not look like art?
Tom Friedman
Secrets 1997

7. Rainshadow Series - Clu de Barles, France 1999
Andy Goldsworthy
Rainshadow Series - Clu de Barles, France 1999
How do you think this picture was created?
What does this tell us about the artist?
Could you create a self-portrait like this?
What does this image remind you of?

8. Is this a self-portrait or a landscape?
Sam Taylor-Wood
Self Portrait as a Tree 2000
Look at the tree, what can this image tell us about the artist?

9. Can dreams and wishes be part of self-portraiture?
If you made a portrait of yourself as something else, what would it be?
Tracey Emin
It’s what I’d like to be 1999