Artists have been preoccupied with the human image since antiquity: under the title 'Self & Portrait', the new CLOSE UP is dedicated to an examination of the perception of the self in art. Four works by Maria Lassnig (1919-2014), Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Jonathan Meese (b. 1970), and Gabriele Stötzer (b. 1953) from the collection of the Städel Museum show how artistically diverse the preoccupation with the self can be.