{"id":25757,"date":"2025-08-05T18:40:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.otte1.org\/?p=25757"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:40:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:40:50","slug":"self-expression-and-selfie-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/en\/news\/self-expression-and-selfie-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Expression and Selfie Mania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Saturday, 9 August, at 12:30 p.m., the \u2018After the Market\u2019 series will focus on self-portraits.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In self-portraits, artists have long grappled with the \u2018I\u2019 and explored the existential question \u2018Who am I?\u2019 From D\u00fcrer&#8217;s self-portraits to the social mass phenomenon of selfies, we encounter all kinds of self-representation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/albrecht-duerer_selbstbildnis-im-pelzrock_cc-by-sa_bstgs_537-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/albrecht-duerer_selbstbildnis-im-pelzrock_cc-by-sa_bstgs_537-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/albrecht-duerer_selbstbildnis-im-pelzrock_cc-by-sa_bstgs_537-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/albrecht-duerer_selbstbildnis-im-pelzrock_cc-by-sa_bstgs_537-768x1083.jpg 768w, https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/albrecht-duerer_selbstbildnis-im-pelzrock_cc-by-sa_bstgs_537-1090x1536.jpg 1090w, https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/albrecht-duerer_selbstbildnis-im-pelzrock_cc-by-sa_bstgs_537-1453x2048.jpg 1453w, https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/albrecht-duerer_selbstbildnis-im-pelzrock_cc-by-sa_bstgs_537-640x902.jpg 640w, https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/albrecht-duerer_selbstbildnis-im-pelzrock_cc-by-sa_bstgs_537-1024x1444.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/albrecht-duerer_selbstbildnis-im-pelzrock_cc-by-sa_bstgs_537-scaled.jpg 1816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The world is in a selfie frenzy: every day, millions of people take photos of themselves and post the images online. Self-portraits are not a new phenomenon in themselves. But there is a difference compared to the past. The great self-portraits of art history preserve time. Selfies, on the other hand, capture a fleeting moment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/soufian-2-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/soufian-2-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/soufian-2-640x680.jpg 640w, https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/soufian-2.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pablo-picasso-self-portrait-chronology_12-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pablo-picasso-self-portrait-chronology_12-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pablo-picasso-self-portrait-chronology_12-640x829.jpg 640w, https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pablo-picasso-self-portrait-chronology_12.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The exhibition presents a kaleidoscope of famous works from art history to self-obsessed and silly posts from the internet.<br \/>\nPreoccupation with oneself is as old as humanity itself.<\/p>\n<p>Be curious.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday, 9 August, at 12:30 p.m., the \u2018After the Market\u2019 series will focus on self-portraits. 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