IDENTITY 5TH YEAR PROJECT 2013

WHAT DOES IDENTITY MEAN TO YOU?

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SEEN BY OTHERS?

WHAT MESSAGE WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMUNICATE?

WHAT METHODS CAN WE USE TO REPRESENT OURSELVES? IMAGE? TEXT? MUSIC? DANCE? FASHION?

WHAT REPRESENTS YOU?

Sterotypes

CINDY SHERMAN

American photographer. Challenges stereotypes of female identity CINDY SHERMAN Born 1954 American photographer. Challenges stereotypes of female identity

BARBARA KRUGER

Barbara Kruger Born 1945 American artist Conceptual artist. She uses black and white photographs overlaid with often red text to confront issues of power, money, consumerism and sexism.

memory

JOSEPH CORNELL

Joseph Cornell 1903 – 1972 American Assemblage Artist Used found object; collage & montage to create art works (2D & 3D) that relate to collecting things and memory and nostalgia

LUCAS SAMARAS

LUCAS SAMARAS Born 1936 Greek artist Interested in self-representation. Most well known for his photographic work and his Identity Boxes. More info at: http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=5134 and http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=3793&page=1

place

ED FAIRBURN

Welsh artist, born in Cardiff His work combines topography (map-making) and the geography of our facial lines to create really interesting images which bring to mind a sense of belonging to a place. Website http://edfairburn.com/

Robert Ellis

Robert Ellis Born 1929 New Zealand artist His paintings address issues surrounding New Zealand’s identity. He combines European and Pacific influences in his work. More info can be found at: http://www.milfordgalleries.co.nz/dunedin/artist/112-Robert-Ellis

Profession/hobbies

JIM DINE

JIM DINE Born 1935 American artist Originally a member of the Pop Art movement (Andy Warhol; Roy Lichtenstein), he has returned to focusing his efforts on drawing and his recent work centers on studies of objects from his everyday life such as his tools.

Combining image & text

FLORIAN NICOLE

FLORIAN NICOLE Born 1987 French graphic designer & illustrator Creates mono-chromatic portraits which have an energetic unfinished quality and combine elements of text, collage and image See more at http://www.behance.net/neo_innov and http://www.neo-innov.fr/

SHIRIN NESHAT

SHIRIN NESHAT Born 1957 Iranian born artist who now lives and works in New York Most well known for her film, video and photography work. Her work address the social, political and psychological dimensions of women in contemporary Islamic countries. She mixed photographic images with Arabic text. Learn more at http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artists/bios/1583

Movement/energy

DAVID AGENJO

David Agenjo Born 1977 Spanish artist working and living in London He is a figurative artist who is concerned with colour and texture in his paintings He starts each painting on top of the palette he used for his last, which gives interesting surface texture. Learn more at http://davidagenjo.com/home_eng.htm

SIMON BIRCH

SIMON BIRCH Born 1975 British painter now living and working in Hong Kong. Concerned with capturing movement of figures. More info can be found here: http://www.alivenotdead.com/simonbirch

family

ALICE NEEL

ALICE NEEL 1900-1984 American painter Most famous for her portraits of friends family and lovers. Strong loose expressive brushmarks. Strong use of vivid colour and line, Learn more at http://www.aliceneel.com/