Lauren Siry
LAUREN SIRY
I am what I think you think I am
Lauren Siry. I am what I think you think I am No. 1, 2016. Acrylic on board. 40 1/8” x 31 1/2"
Lauren Siry. I am what I think you think I am No. 2, 2016. Acrylic on board. 40 1/8” x 31 1/2"
Lauren Siry. I am what I think you think I am No. 2 (detail), 2016. Acrylic on board. 40 1/8” x 31 1/2"
Lauren Siry. I am what I think you think I am No. 3, 2016. Acrylic on board. 40 1/8” x 31 1/2"
Lauren Siry. I am what I think you think I am No. 4, 2016. Acrylic on board. 40 1/8” x 31 1/2".
Lauren Siry. I am what I think you think I am No. 5, 2016. Acrylic on board. 40 1/8” x 31 1/2"
Lauren Siry. I am what I think you think I am No. 6, 2016. Acrylic on board. 40 1/8” x 31 1/2"
Siry’s paintings explore the perception of self and the influence that social interactions have on how we construct identity. She draws inspiration from Charles Horton Cooley’s social-psychological concept of the looking-glass self that suggests we shape our self-image based on the understanding of how others perceive us.
“I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.” - Charles Horton Cooley, Human Nature and the Social Order
Portrait of an Artist, Icarus Series
Portrait of an Artist No. 4 Detail, Icarus Series 2014. Watercolor and ink on paper, 18"x24".
Portrait of an Artist No. 8 (detail), Icarus Series 2015. Gouache and ink on paper, 18"x24".
Portrait of an Artist No.1 Detail, Icarus Series 2014. Watercolor and ink on paper, 18"x24".
Portrait of an Artist No. 4, Icarus Series 2014. Watercolor and ink on paper, 18"x24".