Screenprint on paper
Tate Collection
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SelfPortrait as Pile Dog Dirt
Presented by Richard Hamilton 1978
abstraction
animals: features
body
dung / guano
gestural
head / face
named individuals
non-representational
people
portraits
Roth, Dieter
self-portraits
<p>The variety of Roth’s self-portraits made in the 1970s is remarkable. Both of these works share a sense of spontaneous energy. At the heart of <i>Self-Portrait as Pile of Dog Dirt</i>, Roth pictures himself with recognisable protruding ears in the centre of a fetid vortex.</p><p><em>Gallery label, March 2007</em></p>
paper print screenprint
24 March 2007 – 17 February 2008
2008-02-17
24 March 2007 – 17 February 2008
2008-02-17
2007-03-24
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2007-03-24
Dieter Roth
Collection based display
Self-Portrait as Pile of Dog Dirt
image: 654 × 768 mm
Presented by Richard Hamilton 1978
<p>The variety of Roth’s self-portraits made in the 1970s is remarkable. Both of these works share a sense of spontaneous energy. At the heart of <i>Self-Portrait as Pile of Dog Dirt</i>, Roth pictures himself with recognisable protruding ears in the centre of a fetid vortex.</p>

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abstraction animals: features body dung / guano gestural head / face named individuals non-representational people portraits Roth, Dieter self-portraits