Conference papers

Conference
2 November 2001, 10am - 4.30pm
A conference will be held at the National Portrait Gallery in conjunction with the exhibition Mirror Mirror

Conference Programme

10am Registration

10.20am Welcome by Dr Charles Saumarez Smith Director of the National Portrait Gallery

10.30am Dr Frances Borzello On Reflection

11am Liz Rideal, Artist, Curator of the exhibition, and Art Education Officer, National Portrait Gallery
Identity (is a great big part of me): The photo-booth:disguise, revelation, authorship and collaboration

11.30am Dr Pamela Gerrish Nunn, Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand
Different but equal? Victorian women's sense of self

12 noon Barbara Burman, Director, Centre for History of Textiles and Dress, University of Southampton
Clothing the Self: fashion and ambivalence

12.30pm Questions and Discussion

1pm Lunch. Not provided. There are numerous places to eat in the immediate vicinity of the Gallery

2.15pm Professor Whitney Chadwick, San Francisco State University, U.S.A.
The Self-Portrait: Seduction and Betrayal (The difficulty of reading self-portraits)

2.45pm Dr Marsha Meskimmon, Reader in Art History and Theory at Loughborough University
Selves Beyond Representation: Contemporary art and female subjects

3.15pm Speakers' Discussion Panel and Questions

4 pm Tea in the Clore Education studio

4.30pm Conference ends
The Gallery and Book Shop will start to close at 8.45pm on Friday so there will be ample opportunity to visit the exhibition, browse the Book Shop and explore the IT Gallery.

National Portrait Gallery opening times
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday: 10am - 6pm
Late Opening Thursday, Friday: 10am - 9pm
Recorded information: 020 7312 2463

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