Ewan Morrison

Self-portrait

About this artwork

Ewan Morrison is an acclaimed and award winning novelist and journalist. He graduated from the Fine Art Photography department of Glasgow School of Art with a first class honours degree in 1990. This self-portrait was the centrepiece of his degree show. It shows Morrison from behind, standing in front of a projected image of himself naked. The photograph gives the impression of two figures in an embrace. The image anticipates some of the pre-occupations in Morrison’s writing. These include split-selves, the erotic and the problems of alienation and social fragmentation.

Updated before 2020

  • artist:
    Ewan Morrison (born 1968) Scottish
  • title:
    Self-portrait
  • date created:
    1989
  • materials:
    Photograph
  • measurements:
    Not known
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Gift of the artist 2015
  • accession number:
    PGP 884
  • gallery:
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Ewan Morrison

Ewan Morrison