Self Portrait Artists - Tai Shan Schierenberg

Tai Shan Schierenberg was born in China to a Chinese mother and a German painter in 1962. He moved with his parents to London where he then began Primary school. It was here that he began to find a passion for art and museum artifacts that inspired him to progress into studying Slade School of Art for Postgraduate studies. 

 
In 1989 he won a joint first prize of the National Portrait Gallery's John Player Portrait Award. This lead his career to launch further as he was given a sponsor to allow him to receive more commissions, including the royal couple. 

This painting intrigued me because it clearly expresses to me a feeling of wanting to escape. The face-on figure looks solemn. The  figure's expression portrays a feeling of entrapment which accentuates the back ground figure of breaking away, freedom and letting go. His expression is much more hopeful. The eyes are lit and lips are slack showing relaxation compared to the first who appears to be much more tense.    

This could help me with my Self Portrait project in trying to show the two different sides of what I am trying to show through expression and colouring. The painting shows unrealistic shadowing and quite dull colours in the foreground and his clothing. The overall sense of colour is blue showing how the character is in a bleak space but has these warm beams of colour on certain parts of his face. I believe this is showing how there is hope for his character and a shift in his life is coming or happening due to the figure of his face trying to depart from his body. 

When looking at this picture it is giving me further ideas for my mirror scene in my self portrait. When thinking about colour, the mirror could begin leaking blue but turn warmer as the scenes progress showing this sense of letting go, relaxing and happiness. 








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