On the occasion of The Kitchen's 2019 Editions Portfolio Program, Lynn Hershman Leeson created this limited edition self-portrait print, recalling her groundbreaking series of black-and-white photograph collages. Hershman Leeson began that series in the 1980s, which feature objects such as cameras, binoculars, and clocks merging with posed female bodies, often contorting their limbs and obscuring their faces. With titles like Biological Clock (1986), the clock photographs in particular have been taken by critics to be a commentary on society’s habit of devaluing women after they have reached a certain age. This portrait unites several of Hershman Leeson’s long-standing artistic concerns with a relatively recent one: her own aging body.

 

Digital print, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm

8 x 10 in.

Edition of 30 with 6 APs

Courtesy of the Artist and Bridget Donahue

 

Proceeds from the sale of this limited edition will support artists whose groundbreaking, genre-defying work appears at The Kitchen throughout the upcoming season.