On Saturday a new exhibition opens at Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
In My Shoes: Art & The Self Since The 1990s is an Arts Council Collection touring exhibition, exploring the ways in which artists based in the UK have represented themselves in their work since the 1990s.
The rise of the ‘selfie’ in contemporary society and the construction of digital identities through social media offers a timely wider context for this exhibition.
Encompassing a range of media including film, photography and sculpture, In My Shoes displays work from multiple generations of artists, including Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk, Rachel McLean and Bedwyr Williams.
The exhibition concludes with some of the most recent works to enter the Arts Council Collection, a handful of which are on public display for the first time since acquisition.
Although opening on 16 February, there will be an official opening on Thursday, 21 February, and it will include a special performance and film screening by artist Bedwyr Williams.
One of Wales most famous living artists, internationally renowned and someone who has represented Wales at the Venice Biennale, his work combines installation and stand-up comedy.
In 2004 he won a Paul Hamlyn Award for the Visual Arts.
The rise of the ‘selfie’ in contemporary society and the construction of digital identities through social media offers a timely wider context for this exhibition.
In My Shoes: Art & The Self Since The 1990s is on until Sunday, 12 May.
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