Art and identity

Identity as Social Construct

Sexual Orientation Class identity

Online Identity

National Identity

Gender Identity

Ethnic Identity

“Men dream of women, women dream of themselves-being dreamed of, men look at women, women watch themselves being looked at” – John Berger

Mis-Representation in Visual Culture

“Do women have to be naked to get into the Met Museum”(Gorilla Girls-1985)

Contesting Exclusion

“The Anatomically correct Oscar” (The Gorilla Girls- 2004)

“Top Ten signs that you’re an Art World Token” (The Gorilla Girls- 1995)

“Nude (spotlight)” Kerry James Marshall-2009

“Maintenance Art” (Mierle Laderman Ukeles 1973-1976

“The Dinner Party”- Judy Chicago 1973 at the Brooklyn Museum

Persona

“Film stills” (Cindy Sherman 1977-1980)

“Untitled” (Cindy Cherman 2008)

“Temple of Confessions” (Guillmero Gomez-Pena 1995-1996)

“The Mythic Being” (Adrian Piper 1975)

“Self” (Mark Quin 2006)

The Body and Identity

“Alison Lapper Pregnant ” (Marc Quin 2005)

“Refuge wear”(Lucy Orta 1992)

“Nexus Architecture ” (Lucy Orta 1994-2002)

“Carnal Art ” (Saint Orlan)

Quilts (Tracy Emins 2004)

“Knowing my Enemy”- (Tracy Emins 2001)

Personal Biography

< Left “The Red Room (Parents)” (Louise Bourgouise 1994)

“Seven in the Bed” (Louise Bourgouise 2001)

“Maman” (Louise Bourgouise 1999) “The Destruction of the Father” (Louise Bourgouise 1974)

The Me-Monument

TASKCombine all of the words on your lists to design a Monument to yourself (can be representational or abstract but must have a supporting plinth in the design).

Identity Hybrids

TASKCombine each of your individual words to inform a group ‘Body Sculpture’ (e.g: can be worn like a costume or a sculpture that physically interacts with the body)