Photograph: © Luchita Hurtado/courtesy the artist and Hauser & WirthHurtado’s self-portraits without a mirror, painted in tight spaces, have an introspective, surprising intimacy. At this period of her long and fascinating life, Hurtado had nowhere else to be alone to paint. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Luchita Hurtado in her Santa Monica home and studio. In a recent series, Hurtado looks across her supine body, a head emerging between her raised legs. • Luchita Hurtado: I Live I Die I Will Be Reborn is at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London, 23 May-20 October.

Source: The Guardian May 22, 2019 09:00 UTC