Visiting Artist in Residence Tschabalala Self ’12 on Creating Nicki Minaj’s Digital Vogue Cover
Tschabalala Self ’12, visiting artist in residence at Bard, talks about being asked to do a portrait of Nicki Minaj for Vogue’s December digital cover—using photographer Norman Jean Roy’s cover shoot as a starting point. “I do not usually delve too deeply into realism,” she says, “so by working on this project, I realized something I already suspected, which is that a portrait is more about capturing someone’s aura, as opposed to their appearance.”
Post Date: 12-19-2023
Post Date: 12-19-2023