Represent: Exploring Portraits from RAM's Collection

This exhibition features pieces that embrace the idea of a portrait as an investigation of character and situation, tangible details, and abstract elements. From self-portraits to works that encapsulate the essence of a subject through metaphor or emotion, these works encourage contemplation about how human beings understand one another as well as the world around them. At a time when selfies and casual “snaps,” are ever more present and popular, it is interesting to consider what it means to explore and understand the self and others through two and three-dimensional representations.

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ARTISTS IN THE EXHIBITION
Renie Breskin Adams, Ann Agee, Wesley Anderegg, Mary Bero, Dawoud Bey, Carol Blanchard, Frank Boyden, Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Harry Callahan, Paul Caster, John Cederquist, John N. Colt, Annette Corcoran, Cristina Còrdova, Claire Curneen, Dan Dailey, Jim Dine, David F. Driesbach, Arnold Eagle, Jack Earl, Edward S. Eberle, Philip Eglin, Martha Mayer Erlebacher, Susan Stamm Evans, Laszlo Fekete, Lucian Freud, Lee Friedlander, Franz Gertsch, Danielle Gori-Montanelli, Ruth Anne Grove, Philippe Halsman, Andrew Herman, W. Stephen Hodder, Coille McLaughlin Hooven, Judith Hoyt, Margaret Ponce Israel, Sergei Isupov, Sylvester Jerry, Rosita Johanson, Jasper Johns, Enid Kaplan, Michael Knigin, Esther Knobel, Marie Laurencin, William F. Lemke, Peter Lenzo, Jack Levine, Julie Lindemann, Robert Lostutter, Michael Lucero, Joseph Martin, Richard Meitner, Linda Schwam Merkel, Odd Nerdrum, Renate Ponsold, Karl J. Priebe, Claire Prussian, Michael Pry, Clifford Rainey, David A. Robbins, Leslie Roth, Ron Ruble, Bonnie Schiffman, Esther Shimazu, John Shimon, Kim Simonsson, Jeanette Pasin Sloan, Paul Smith, Phil Stern, Cynthia Toops, Beth Van Hoesen, Charles Von Urban, Janusz Walentynowicz, John Wilde, Katharine Wood, and Irina Zaytceva.