Exploring the power of self-representation in form selfies as an affirmation-based practice, artist transforms her frustrations with self-identification through a “trans*glitch performance,” and practices queer self-portraiture use medium to challenge LatinX identity representation.

ion should not surprise us: to the contrary, as Castagno points out, portraiture as well as religious and allegorical painting during the period reflected the “hegemony of typification over individuation” (Early Commedia dell’Arte, 165); and Katritzky reminds us that “a sixteenth-century artist is rarely or never concerned with presenting an accurate ‘snapshot’ of a particular performance” (“Re...

The roots of portraiture are most likely to be traced if not prehistoric times, at least ancient Egyptian civilization. Over time, various forms, styles and significance this genre emerged progressively in line with the artistic traditions history. In these contemporary strives immensely on advancement technology thereby giving rise photorealism only West but also among African/Ghanaian fine ar...