Steven Campbell
Portrait of Rorschach Testing Himself and Finding Himself Guilty
About this artwork
This painting’s enigmatic title refers to the Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach (1884-1922), famous for the inkblots he created as a tool for psychiatric testing. While Campbell’s titles may suggest a narrative, his surreal and often humorous works frequently resist straightforward interpretation.
Updated 2021
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artist:Steven Campbell (1953 - 2007) Scottish
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title:Portrait of Rorschach Testing Himself and Finding Himself Guilty
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date created:1986
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materials:Acrylic on paper
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measurements:Paper: 207.00 x 170.00 cm; Framed: 213.00 x 176.00 x 7.50 cm
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credit line:Presented by Brenda Josephs with Art Fund support, 2018
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accession number:GMA 5617
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Steven Campbell
Steven Campbell
Steven Campbell emerged as the leading figure of a group of Scottish figurative painters who began to exhibit their work in the early 1980s. After working as an engineer for seven years, in 1982 Campbell graduated from Glasgow School of Art. A Fulbright Scholarship took him to New York, where he...