Photography, digital print on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
<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>
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Presented by Maria Rus Bojan 2014
<p>The photographs in the <span>Renais sense</span> series were originally shot as Polaroids. Ulay described these early self-portraits as ‘Auto-Polaroids’, spontaneous actions made specifically for the camera which allowed him to experiment with his idea of ‘the self’ as complex and permanently under construction. He said, ‘Taking Polaroids was a performative act for me: I performed in front of the camera. These were intimate actions, carried out in the absence of a live audience, ephemeral in nature, yet arrested in time.’</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper print photography digital
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
S’He
image: 595 × 590 mm
Presented by Maria Rus Bojan 2014
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<p>The photographs in the <i>Renais sense</i> series were originally shot as Polaroids. Ulay described these early self-portraits as ‘Auto-Polaroids’, spontaneous actions made specifically for the camera which allowed him to experiment with his idea of ‘the self’ as complex and permanently under construction. He said, ‘Taking Polaroids was a performative act for me: I performed in front of the camera. These were intimate actions, carried out in the absence of a live audience, ephemeral in nature, yet arrested in time.’</p>
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