Selfie Lecture at Upfor Gallery in Portland, Oregon in Visual Art Resource

Self(ie) Portraits

Upfor Gallery, Portland

March 1, 2014 at 11:30am pst

Alicia Eler will discuss the emerging grey area between consumer selfies and artist self-portraits in a lecture and talk-back. Mimosas and light refreshments will be served; seating is limited. Eler is an art critic, curator and writer whose projects focus on American pop and consumer culture, adolescence and sexualities. Her ongoing column for Hyperallergic discusses the role, meaning and historical context of the contemporary selfie. Eler’s writing on selfies has been referenced by The Washington Post and art critic Jerry Saltz.