Description
In 1968, when I began taking self-portraits, I was concerned with the body: more specifically, with my body, and with my body in relation to my friends’ bodies. I had no other way to measure the world. Lacking an identity, or any way to judge my separation from others, I began with my physical self . . .
—AA Bronson, 2002
Mirror Sequences is a self-portrait in which a convex mirror reflects and multiplies a fragmented body. The photograph was taken by AA Bronson and is credited to General Idea, an artist collective founded in 1969 by Bronson, Felix Partz (Canadian, 1945–1994), and Jorge Zontal (Italian, 1944–1994). General Idea would go on to create parodies of the art world and consumer culture and respond forcefully to the AIDS epidemic.
Accession Number
247573
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.); Frame: 36.8 × 30.4 × 3.1 cm (14 1/2 × 12 × 1 1/4 in.)
Classification
photography
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor