1. “Who am I?” An exploration of identity What makes me me? Physical appearance What are my values/ beliefs? What are my interests? Where do I come from?

2. What does “Identity” mean?

3. Dictionary Definition i·den·ti·ty 1. The collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is definitively recognizable or known: "If the broadcast group is the financial guts of the company, the news division is its public identity" (Bill Powell). 2. The set of behavioral or personal characteristics by which an individual is recognizable as a member of a group. 3. The quality or condition of being the same as something else. 4. The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; individuality. 5. Information, such as an identification number, used to establish or prove a person's individuality, as in providing access to a credit account. 6. Mathematics a. An equation that is satisfied by any number that replaces the letter for which the equation is defined. b. Identity element.

4. Wikipedia: Identity is a term used to describe a person's conception and expression of their individuality or group affiliations (such as national identity and cultural identity). The term is used more specifically in psychology and sociology, and is given a great deal of attention in social psychology. The term is also used with respect to place identity.national identitycultural identitypsychology sociologysocial psychologyplace identity

5. Analysing a work of Art What is it of? What is your initial response: i.e. what do you think of it? Technique - What materials has the artist used? What is the context? What are the conditions and circumstances around the work? Give some information on the artist and then the context for the piece itself. The content of the work – Your research, analysis and conjecture (opinions) around the work. What does it make you think about? What is your response to the work – I.e. is it a good work of Art? Explain why?

7. No woman No Cry –Chris Ofili

8. George Shaw

9. Lucian Freud

10. Anselm Kiefer

12. This is the entrance to Auschwitz

13. Auschwitz was a concentration camp in Poland

14. Mona Hatoum

16. Philip Guston

17. Gillian Wearing

18. Anish Kapoor

21. Frida Kahlo

22. Yukinori Yanagi

23. Jean Michel Basquiat

24. Gerhard Richter

25. Alighiero Boetti

26. Homework Transfer your mind-map onto a piece of A2 paper and complete it. It must be neat as this will be something you constantly refer to. It must also be in one colour. ( 1 st Feb) Use your mind-map to make a visual mind- map. You can: –take photographs relating to the theme. –use photographs that you already have. –use found photographs from the internet. Your photographs must be blue-taced to a large piece of A2 paper. You must have at least 20 images on your mindmap. (Due: 6 th Feb)

27. Collect objects/things relating to the theme: “Who am I?” an exploration of identity. Remember these objects must be visually interesting. (6 th Feb)