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  • Photographic
    • The ‘Self’ & The ‘Other’
    • Gwen – ‘Did I want to be here?’
    • Self-i
    • Drive By
    • In The Mist
    • Walk In The Woods
    • Pear
  • Multimedia & Installations
    • Self Portrait/ There’s Someone in My Head…
    • Continuous Cycle
    • Various
  • Tuition
  • News
  • shop
  • About
    • About Ian
    • Exhibitions
    • Statement
  • Contact

About

contemporary art photography artist
Ian Phillips McLaren (b. 1960) is a British contemporary artist, his varied practice combines contemporary and 19th century photographic processes, video, sculpture, performance and animation.

His body of work examines dementia as a state of being, memory, personal identity and the construction of self in our visual culture, portraiture and self-representation.

Ian’s current work, The ‘Self’ & The ‘Other’ is an exploration of the ‘Self’ through the lens of ancient Roman portraiture – The ‘Other’ referring to the ways in which identities are formed.

“By combining traditional 5×4 inch analogue paper negatives of my self with hybrid digital negatives of ancient Roman portraits and fragments, I’m re-imagining the historical self-portrait, in a similar vein to how the Romans re-imagined (Hellenistic) Greek art for their own purposes”.

Recent Posts

  • RPS Series of talks, from featured artists November 2, 2022
  • A Special One-Off Afternoon Talk October 12, 2022
  • Gwen, Final Analysis by Zelda Cheatle October 6, 2022
  • Squaring The Circles of Confusion August 24, 2022
  • Venice Experimental Video And Performing Art Festival April 23, 2022
  • Salt Printing Masterclass at London Metropolitan University March 30, 2022

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Products

  • Pen yr Allt Uchaf fine art print
    Pen yr Allt Uchaf 01

    £75.00 – £650.00

  • Dahlia fine art photograph print for sale
    Dahlia 1

    £75.00 – £850.00

  • In The Mist 05 - beutiful misty foggy tree scape landscape
    In The Mist 03

    £75.00 – £850.00

  • fine art pear
    Pear 1

    £75.00 – £850.00

  • Drive By 01
    Drive By 01

    £75.00 – £1,100.00

© 2023 — Ian Phillips McLaren

The ‘Self’ & The ‘Other’

The ‘Self’ & The ‘Other’ series is an exploration of the ‘Self’ through the lens of ancient Roman portraiture – The ‘Other’ referring to the ways in which identities are formed.

This period was significant for portraiture, with the beginning of abstract and hybrid forms, new value systems creating a new self-image within the Roman classes while looking at others to understand the construction and representation of our own self.

By combining traditional 5″x4″ analogue paper negatives of my self with hybrid digital negatives of ancient Roman portraits and fragments, I’m re-imagining the historical self-portrait, in a similar vein to how the Romans re-imagined (Hellenistic) Greek art for their own purposes.

Picasso and De Chirico looked to Roman and Greek art and many classical ideas as a way of understanding the uncertainties of their contemporary world. Today, it’s a way for me to understand human psychology and the construction of the ‘Self’ in self-portraiture.

Fine art prints
Most of the images on this website can be purchased as a fine art prints. Email me for details, if you can’t find your image in the shop.

Roman fragments
self-portrait with roman artifacts
Self-portrait
self-portrait with Herm of Zeus Ammon
Zeus cormucopia horn of plenty
portrait with zues self
self portrait with Claudius
zeus and self portrait
Roman artefacts
Zeus ammon amun self portrait greek roman classical art
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Roman Emperor art fine art contemporary
Herm of Zues self portrait photography
Roman based portrait art
self portrait with Julius Caesar
dancing with faun self-portrait
self portrait with zeus
Roman Goddes Demeter
Roman art fragments
hadrian and self-portrait
Antinous with self portrait
Roman fragments portrait
Self Portrait based on ancient Rome
self-portrait with Roman fragments
Self-portrait based on roman art
Self portraiture using roman artifacts