There’s no question that the art of portraiture has changed immensely in recent times. First with the advent of the digital camera, then with the rise in popularity of the camera phone, it’s become much easier to take photos and pass them along to our networks. The modern “art” of self-portraiture is the subject of Columbian artist, Alejandro Ospina’s latest show, “fotolog/.”

Using found photographs of young people frequently posing naked or semi-naked for a camera, and in many cases shot as reflection in a mirror, Ospina paints the digital low-resolution amateur photographs. This method creates a thoughtful and provoking parallel between our modern pop-culture influenced method of self-exposure and the traditional concept of “the nude” throughout the whole of art’s history. The sexualization of the nude and the shifting relationship between artist and model evident in the paintings challenges the audience with debates concerning the body, image and ownership, as both our view and Ospina’s position fluctuates between viewer and voyeur. For more info, click here.

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