«I see my self-portraits as timeless and abstract studies, that is to say, portraits detached from any anecdotal reference, from story telling, from narrative of any kind. By referring to paintings completed long ago by other artists, I want to introduce into my own work the idea of “otherness”, of dissemblance. In the same way, by calling my photographs paintings, I have at the outset introduced this same function of cleavage, split, and disjunction in my work. I am conscious that it is precisely these characteristics of “otherness” and dissimilarity which constitute what is unique in a work of art.»
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