Photograph, digital print on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/ulay-17106" aria-label="More by Ulay" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Ulay</a>
Soliloquy Renais sense
Presented by Maria Rus Bojan 2014
<p><span>Soliloquy 1973</span> and <span>S’he 1973–4</span> are two self-portraits of Ulay in costume that blends both masculine and feminine traits. They belong to <span>Renais sense</span>, a series of self-portraits made in the early 1970s, in which he created an alter ego to explore gender expression. His work reflects how artists have used performance and fictional characters to explore their inner selves and larger questions around gender and identity.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper print photograph digital
8 February 2013 – 2 February 2014
2014-02-02
8 February 2013 – 12 May 2013
2013-05-12
2013-02-08
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
13 June 2013 – 22 September 2013
2013-09-22
2013-06-13
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany)
http://www.schirn.de
18 October 2013 – 2 February 2014
2014-02-02
2013-10-18
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz (Linz, Austria)
http://www.lentos.at/en/
2013-02-08
Glam! The Performance of Style
Exhibition
1 September 2025 – 25 April 2027
2027-04-25
1 September 2025 – 31 December 2025
2025-12-31
2025-09-01
CaixaForum Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
1 February 2026 – 31 May 2026
2026-05-31
2026-02-01
CaixaForum Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www3.lacaixa.es
1 August 2026 – 30 November 2026
2026-11-30
2026-08-01
CaixaForum Zaragoza (Saragossa, Spain)
10 December 2026 – 25 April 2027
2027-04-25
2026-12-10
External
2025-09-01
Self Portraits
Loan-out
Soliloquy, from the series Renais sense
image: 600 × 480 mm
Presented by Maria Rus Bojan 2014
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<i>Soliloquy 1973</i> and <i>S’he 1973–4</i> are two self-portraits of Ulay in costume that blends both masculine and feminine traits. They belong to <i>Renais sense</i>, a series of self-portraits made in the early 1970s, in which he created an alter ego to explore gender expression. His work reflects how artists have used performance and fictional characters to explore their inner selves and larger questions around gender and identity.</p>
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