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05/23/2019 12:01 AMIn 2013, the word “selfie” was announced as being the Word of the Year by the Oxford English Dictionary and defined as “a self-portrait type image that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone.”
That made some local artists wonder: What is a self-portrait in the age of the selfie? Their responses appear in the new exhibit SELFIE featuring work by 13 local artists, on view at City Gallery from Thursday, May 30 to Sunday, June 30, with an opening reception on Sunday, June 2, from 2 to 5 p.m.
In SELFIE, City Gallery artists Judy Atlas, Meg Bloom, Joy Bush, Jennifer Davies, Roberta Friedman, Joyce Greenfield, Barbara Harder, Jane Harris, Kathy Kane, Sheila Kaczmarek, Susan Newbold, Tom Peterson, and Michael Zack respond to the question through their paintings, sculpture, textiles, prints, and photographs. Their work shows how art can reveal a vision of the artist, both inside and out.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. City Gallery is located at 994 State Street, New Haven. Gallery hours are Friday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. For more information, email info@city-gallery.org or visit www.city-gallery.org.