The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Untitled

Untitled

c.1980
(American, b. 1940)
Image: 40.8 x 31 cm (16 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Paper: 50.3 x 40.3 cm (19 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

In addition to being the title of Shawn Walker’s series of photographs, Invisible Man is the title of an award-winning 1952 novel by African American author Ralph Ellison.

Description

This self-portrait gives us little idea of the photographer’s features other than his braids since we see only Walker’s silhouette reflected in a streaky window. The photographer looks at his own reflection and, simultaneously, directly at us. Walker has said, “I look into the intersections of dark and light, into the shadows that grow the seeds of existence.”
  • 1980-2021
    Shawn Walker (the artist) [1940-]
    2021
    (Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, NY)
    September 13, 2021
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.138