Shane Guffogg: Self-Portrait, Part 1

The artist and their psychological state transmitting its way through history.

Conversation between Victoria Chapman and Los Angeles based international artist, Shane Guffogg.

The history of self-portraits dates back centuries – they are easy to spot in early Egyptian art, Greek/Roman Mythology, and more. It’s no surprise that upon exiting the Middle Ages and entering the 15th century or early Renaissance – when artists began to separate from kingdoms – the self-portraiture became more common in search of identity and questioning of humanity.