{"id":100465,"date":"2016-07-15T17:23:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T21:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=100465"},"modified":"2016-07-15T17:53:20","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T21:53:20","slug":"self-portraits-by-raqib-shaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/15\/self-portraits-by-raqib-shaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Portraits by Raqib Shaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In his new exhibition at White Cube, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/whitecube.com\/exhibitions\/raqib_shaw_bermondsey_2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Self Portraits<\/a>,\u201d the painter Raqib Shaw insinuates himself into classics by the Old Masters. You\u2019ll find him in the canvases below\u2014carefully modeled after work by\u00a0Antonello da Messina and Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger, among others\u2014posing as a joker, a mime, and a ghost lying in his own coffin. Shaw, born in Calcutta, was raised in Kashmir and moved to London in 1998. In his paintings, the critic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/art\/art-reviews\/5308712\/Raqib-Shaw-conjuror-of-magical-worlds.html\" target=\"_blank\">Norman Rosenthal has written<\/a>, \u201cColor achieves an almost blinding intensity and precision that exists in both a horrific, and beautiful universe derived from personal experience based on self-knowledge and dream psychology \u2026 mixed with a profound love and understanding of the history of visual and poetic culture of both East and West.\u201d<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Raqib Shaw\u2019s self-portraits are at White Cube through September 11.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_100445\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-study-at-peckham-after-vincenzo-catena-kashmir-version-2015-to-be-confirmed-medium-res.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100445\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100445\" class=\"wp-image-100445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-study-at-peckham-after-vincenzo-catena-kashmir-version-2015-to-be-confirmed-medium-res.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-study-at-peckham-after-vincenzo-catena-kashmir-version-2015-to-be-confirmed-medium-res.jpg 1443w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-study-at-peckham-after-vincenzo-catena-kashmir-version-2015-to-be-confirmed-medium-res-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-study-at-peckham-after-vincenzo-catena-kashmir-version-2015-to-be-confirmed-medium-res-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-study-at-peckham-after-vincenzo-catena-kashmir-version-2015-to-be-confirmed-medium-res-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raqib Shaw, <i>Self Portrait in the Study at Peckham, after Vincenzo Catena (Kashmir version)<\/i>, 2015, acrylic and enamel on birchwood, 39 3\/8&#8243; x 51 3\/16&#8243;. \u00a9 Raqib Shaw. Photo \u00a9 Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd Courtesy White Cube.<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_100452\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-0694-00-000015-pp.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100452\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100452\" class=\"wp-image-100452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-0694-00-000015-pp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-0694-00-000015-pp.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-0694-00-000015-pp-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-0694-00-000015-pp-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-0694-00-000015-pp-1024x785.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vincenzo Catena, <i>Saint Jerome in his Study<\/i>, ca. 1510.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_100447\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-study-at-peckham-a-reverie-after-antonello-de-messinas-saint-jerome-ii-2013-2014-medium-res-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100447\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100447\" class=\"wp-image-100447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-study-at-peckham-a-reverie-after-antonello-de-messinas-saint-jerome-ii-2013-2014-medium-res-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-study-at-peckham-a-reverie-after-antonello-de-messinas-saint-jerome-ii-2013-2014-medium-res-2.jpg 984w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-study-at-peckham-a-reverie-after-antonello-de-messinas-saint-jerome-ii-2013-2014-medium-res-2-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-study-at-peckham-a-reverie-after-antonello-de-messinas-saint-jerome-ii-2013-2014-medium-res-2-768x963.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-study-at-peckham-a-reverie-after-antonello-de-messinas-saint-jerome-ii-2013-2014-medium-res-2-817x1024.jpg 817w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raqib Shaw, <i>Self Portrait in the Study at Peckham (A Reverie after Antonello de Messina\u2019s Saint Jerome) II<\/i>, 201\u2013-2014, acrylic, enamel and rhinestones on birch wood, 75 9\/16&#8243; x 59 13\/16&#8243;. \u00a9 Raqib Shaw. Photo \u00a9 White Cube (George Darrell)<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_100448\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1418-00-000032-pp.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100448\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100448\" class=\"wp-image-100448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1418-00-000032-pp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1418-00-000032-pp.jpg 1182w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1418-00-000032-pp-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1418-00-000032-pp-768x975.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1418-00-000032-pp-807x1024.jpg 807w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonello da Messina, <i>Saint Jerome in His Study<\/i>, ca. 1475.<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_100444\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-studio-at-peckham-after-steenwyck-the-younger-ii-2014-2015-medium-res-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100444\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100444\" class=\"wp-image-100444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-studio-at-peckham-after-steenwyck-the-younger-ii-2014-2015-medium-res-1.jpg\" alt=\"Raqib Shaw Self Portrait in the Studio at Peckham (After Steenwyck the Younger) II 2014-2015 (medium res) 1\" width=\"600\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-studio-at-peckham-after-steenwyck-the-younger-ii-2014-2015-medium-res-1.jpg 984w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-studio-at-peckham-after-steenwyck-the-younger-ii-2014-2015-medium-res-1-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-studio-at-peckham-after-steenwyck-the-younger-ii-2014-2015-medium-res-1-768x1059.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-studio-at-peckham-after-steenwyck-the-younger-ii-2014-2015-medium-res-1-743x1024.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raqib Shaw, <i>Self Portrait in the Studio at Peckham (After Steenwyck the Younger) II<\/i>, 2014\u20132015, acrylic, enamel, and rhinestones on birchwood, 84&#8243; x 59 15\/16&#8243;. \u00a9 Raqib Shaw. Photo \u00a9 White Cube (Ben Westoby).<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_100451\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1132-00-000012-pp.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100451\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100451\" class=\"wp-image-100451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1132-00-000012-pp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1132-00-000012-pp.jpg 1115w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1132-00-000012-pp-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1132-00-000012-pp-768x1033.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1132-00-000012-pp-761x1024.jpg 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hendrick van der Steenwyck the Younger and Follower of Jan Brueghel the Elder, <i>Croesus and Solon<\/i>, ca. 1610.<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_100446\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-the-purification-of-the-temple-after-venusti-ii-2014-2015-medium-res-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100446\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100446\" class=\"wp-image-100446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-the-purification-of-the-temple-after-venusti-ii-2014-2015-medium-res-1.jpg\" alt=\"Raqib Shaw The Purification of the Temple (After Venusti) II 2014-2015 (medium res) 1\" width=\"600\" height=\"915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-the-purification-of-the-temple-after-venusti-ii-2014-2015-medium-res-1.jpg 906w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-the-purification-of-the-temple-after-venusti-ii-2014-2015-medium-res-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-the-purification-of-the-temple-after-venusti-ii-2014-2015-medium-res-1-768x1171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-the-purification-of-the-temple-after-venusti-ii-2014-2015-medium-res-1-671x1024.jpg 671w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raqib Shaw, <i>The Purification of the Temple (After Venusti) II<\/i>, 2014\u20132015, acrylic and enamel on birchwood, 108 1\/16&#8243; x 72 1\/16&#8243;. \u00a9 Raqib Shaw. Photo \u00a9 White Cube (Ben Westoby).<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_100450\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1194-00-000017-pp.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100450\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100450\" class=\"wp-image-100450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1194-00-000017-pp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1194-00-000017-pp.jpg 976w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1194-00-000017-pp-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1194-00-000017-pp-768x1180.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1194-00-000017-pp-666x1024.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcello Venusti, <i>The Purification of the Temple<\/i>, after 1550.<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_100443\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-sculpture-studio-at-peckham-after-mocetto-ii-year-to-be-confirmed-medium-res.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100443\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100443\" class=\"wp-image-100443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-sculpture-studio-at-peckham-after-mocetto-ii-year-to-be-confirmed-medium-res.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-sculpture-studio-at-peckham-after-mocetto-ii-year-to-be-confirmed-medium-res.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-sculpture-studio-at-peckham-after-mocetto-ii-year-to-be-confirmed-medium-res-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-sculpture-studio-at-peckham-after-mocetto-ii-year-to-be-confirmed-medium-res-768x1067.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raqib-shaw-self-portrait-in-the-sculpture-studio-at-peckham-after-mocetto-ii-year-to-be-confirmed-medium-res-737x1024.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raqib Shaw, <i>Self Portrait in the Sculpture Studio at Peckham (After Mocetto)<\/i>, acrylic and enamel on birchwood, 84 1\/16&#8243; x 60 1\/16&#8243;. Raqib Shaw. Photo \u00a9 White Cube (Ben Westoby).<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_100449\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1240-00-000009-pp.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100449\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100449\" class=\"wp-image-100449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1240-00-000009-pp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1240-00-000009-pp.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1240-00-000009-pp-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1240-00-000009-pp-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/n-1240-00-000009-pp-669x1024.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerolamo Mocetto, <i>The Massacre of the Innocents<\/i>, about 1500\u201325.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his new exhibition at White Cube, \u201cSelf Portraits,\u201d the painter Raqib Shaw insinuates himself into classics by the Old Masters. You\u2019ll find him in the canvases below\u2014carefully modeled after work by\u00a0Antonello da Messina and Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger, among others\u2014posing as a joker, a mime, and a ghost lying in his own coffin. 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