Unit 4 Record Identity
Self Portrait How have artists used self portraits to record their identity? What mediums have they used? e.g. Paint, sculpture, photography, video... How have recording your identity in the form of a self portrait changed throughout history? e.g. cave prints, courtesan portraits, using the camera obscurer, using photography, film... What makes up your identity that you would like to visually record? E.g. Events, people, places, hobbies, interests? How have artists used self portraits to record their identity? What mediums have they used? e.g. Paint, sculpture, photography, video... How have recording your identity in the form of a self portrait changed throughout history? e.g. cave prints, courtesan portraits, using the camera obscurer, using photography, film... What makes up your identity that you would like to visually record? E.g. Events, people, places, hobbies, interests?
Frida Khalo Makes her interests a key part of her paintings.
Chuck close uses photography and then projects image onto canvas to get life like realism
Picasso Changes features of the face to form an abstract self portrait
Alberto Giacometti Creates surreal figure
Gustav Klimt Uses figures to showcase textiles and textures
Jenny Saville Uses layered paint to explore feminist issues such as fat and body image
Bill viola Uses video art to explore issues of his identity e.g. Birth, life and death
Sculpture