Artwork Collection

The Roses In My Closet (Installation)

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The Roses In My My Closet (Installation)
The Roses In My My Closet (Installation)

Installation

The Roses In My My Closet (Installation)

On my baby Grand Tour, in August of 2018, by celestial serendipity, I met a French portrait painter, who trained and practices in Florence. His offer to paint my portrait was the catalyst of my ongoing practice - commissioning this single person to... More

Portrait of the Artist as the Painter
Portrait of the Artist as the Painter

Painting

Portrait of the Artist as the Painter

To engage in play with the popular image of 'the artist,' which looks nothing like my studio practice, I dressed and posed in the image of the 'great' painter. Painted in duality with another portrait of the same size, teasing through the the... More

Patron Saint of Myself (Portrait of the Artist After Fra FIlippo Lippi)
Patron Saint of Myself (Portrait of the Artist After Fra FIlippo Lippi)

Painting

Patron Saint of Myself (Portrait of the Artist After Fra FIlippo Lippi)

Nine of the ten performances for my portraits worked from live sittings in Florence, between August 2018 and April 2019. Before each sitting, I would visit the Uffizi, to draw inspiration in tone and expression from a classically-charged painting.... More

Obvious Prophecies  (Portrait of the Artist After Synagoga)
Obvious Prophecies (Portrait of the Artist After Synagoga)

Painting

Obvious Prophecies (Portrait of the Artist After Synagoga)

My work is centred around themes of nostalgia, longing, and unlocking myself from a particular moment in time. I erase myself from a specific moment by locating my image in a lost representation between classical and romantic movements. With... More

Portrait of the Artist Without the Artist
Portrait of the Artist Without the Artist

Painting

Portrait of the Artist Without the Artist

The tenth portrait in the collection, and the only portrait for which I did not sit. I asked my painter to paint me from memory, to paint me through his eye. To fully submit a manifestation of myself to someone else's conception of my likeness and... More

Work by

Tamar Bresge

Literary Art, Performance, Sculpture/Installation, Photography

“I miss places that never existed”