The 1910 painting "Self-Portrait with Arm Twisted Above Head" by Egon Schiele is a watercolor and charcoal (sometimes described as oil) self-portrait showing the artist in a contorted pose, his arm raised and twisted above his head. The depiction is…
This 1915 piece by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner is an Expressionist oil painting depicting the artist in his studio, rather than on a battlefield. He wears his military uniform, but his right arm is a bloody stump, symbolizing the emotional and potentially…
Kahlo sits in a yellow chair, in a black, oversized suit, holding scissors and surrounded by chopped locks of her own hair. She wears dainty earrings and tiny shoes, dwarfed by the men's suit on her body. On the top of the painting is a few measures…
Doris Salcedo's "Shibboleth" (2007) was a deep crack in the floor of Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. This symbolized division, separation, and societal rifts, particularly the experience of immigrants and the pain of segregation. The title refers to a…