Julia Holden

Self Portrait (Emily Hartley-Skudder, after Liz Maw)

The performance painting Self Portrait (Emily Hartley-Skudder, after Liz Maw) was a special opening day event for Every Artist, curated by Aaron Lister, City Gallery, Wellington. 27 March 2021. Artist Emily Hartley-Skudder becomes a living homage to Liz Maw's painting Self Portrait (2009), which is itself a nod to Thomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy (1770).