Selfie
Catherine Roseberry
enamel paint on wood
32" x 60" x 19¼"
The proportions of this long, sleek mid-century credenza suggest a surprisingly contemporary relationship—to a cell phone. And what do you do with a cell phone? Take selfies.
I am not much into selfies but I am acutely (and personally) aware of the diminished visibility of older women in today’s culture and society. In this work I decided to photo-bomb a pair of young women taking a selfie during their visit to the beach. The older woman, in the distance also enjoying the sun, acts as a reminder of life at any age: I am here. I am still the person I have always been. Pay attention to me, too.
Alex Katz, whose paintings influenced Selfie, did many portraits of friends and the famous, but his most beautiful and tender works have been his portraits of his wife Ada. Painting her through more than six decades of marriage, he has allowed her to be seen as she is, aging with dignity and grace.
As we all should be seen.
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