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

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/