Tag Archives: gaze


Sir Henry Wellcome

Sir Henry Wellcome and Gwendoline Syrie Wellcome.

Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome and Gwendoline Syrie Wellcome

Courtesy of the Wellcome collection


Gerhard Richter

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Gerhard Richter, ‘Two Sculptures for a Room by Palermo’ (1971)

Two plaster heads, painted with gray oil paint, one a self-portrait of Richter, the other a portrait of the German artist Blinky Palermo. The heads face each other across the room, with eyes closed as if each artist is actually looking inward.


David Hockney

‘Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)’ by David Hockney (1971)


Ekkehard Altenburger

‘Mirror house’, by Ekkehard Altenburger (1996)

Temporary installation on the Isle of Tyree, Scotland.