Assignment Details
Learning Target: Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
Create a series of images that explores the concept of identity including, why and how we change and camouflage our identity through masks (real and implied), make-up and other forms of camouflage. Consider the purpose of camouflage in nature. What purpose does it serve? Why do animals have patterns? Students will also look at the occurrence of patterns in nature and consider why patterns exist. Utilize pattern as an element of design as you develop your works.
Through this project you can explore a variety of choices to achieve your finished works. Consider collage, prints on fabric, glitch, distress or alter your works to get the best results for your interpretation. The final print doesn't have to be a traditional printed digital image. Also consider drawing, painting, sculpture and other art media to merge with your photographs. Be as creative as you'd like to interpret your concept!!!
Look at the work of these artists for inspiration. Begin to develop an idea of how you will interpret the concept of Identity. When you are finished with your research go to the NING to post your thoughts.
Create a series of images that explores the concept of identity including, why and how we change and camouflage our identity through masks (real and implied), make-up and other forms of camouflage. Consider the purpose of camouflage in nature. What purpose does it serve? Why do animals have patterns? Students will also look at the occurrence of patterns in nature and consider why patterns exist. Utilize pattern as an element of design as you develop your works.
Through this project you can explore a variety of choices to achieve your finished works. Consider collage, prints on fabric, glitch, distress or alter your works to get the best results for your interpretation. The final print doesn't have to be a traditional printed digital image. Also consider drawing, painting, sculpture and other art media to merge with your photographs. Be as creative as you'd like to interpret your concept!!!
Look at the work of these artists for inspiration. Begin to develop an idea of how you will interpret the concept of Identity. When you are finished with your research go to the NING to post your thoughts.
Bev Doolittle: Although she isn't a photographer her work looks at the natural world and explores themes that incorporate pattern and camouflage.
http://www.artandnature.com/doolittle.html http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2011/10/bev-doolittle-wildlife-artist.html 
Maurizio Anzeri makes his portraits by sewing directly into found vintage photographs. His embroidered patterns garnish the figures like elaborate costumes, but also suggest a psychological aura, as if revealing the person’s thoughts or feelings.
http://www.maurizio-anzeri.co.uk/work.htm http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/maurizio_anzeri.htm?section_name=photography 
Johannes Stötter disguise people through nature. Above, she used elements of wood grain to cleverly disguise portraits. Which is camouflage ing a person into different things so you are unable to see the identity!
http://www.johannesstoetterart.com/ 
Jerry Uelsmann is a traditional darkroom photographer who portrays identity and altered natural landscapes through surrealistic merging of imagery.
http://www.uelsmann.net/# 
Jenny Saville is a contemporary British painter and associated with the Young British Artists. She is known for her large-scale painted depictions of nude women. Saville works and lives in Oxford, England. She often portrays distorted images that people have of themselves.
http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/jenny_saville.htm 
Vik Muniz is an artist who creates collaged/montaged works that are more installations. The images are created with surprising materials and the documentary film Wasteland portrays a particularly intriguing collaboration with the poor of Brazil.
Glitch Art is not one artist, but rather the idea of messing with the digital code that makes up an image or video on purpose to achieve an altered or distressed image. Glitch is often something that happens on accident. What happens if you try to open an image file in software that normally isn't supposed to open it?
http://www.frontrowsociety.com/frs/how-to-easily-create-glitch-art/ http://phsanimationexperimentalvideo.wikispaces.com/Glitch+Art http://jameshconnolly.com/glitchtalk.html http://snorpey.github.io/jpg-glitch/ http://www.glitchet.com http://www.uglitch.com 
Distressed and Destroyed Imagery- You may want to explore the concept of distressing, altering or destroying the surface of the image as part of this unit. Consider techniques such as CitraSolv distressed art. We will discuss further in class, but check out this website for inspiration and also my pinboard below.
http://www.citrasolv.com/art/artists.html |
Cecilia Paredeshttp: is interested in using art to explore the boundaries of nature. A photographer, she often uses her own body as a medium for presenting a dialog between the spirit and the natural world…
http://www.latinamericanart.com/en/artists/cecilia-paredes/biography.html //www.artnet.com/artists/cecilia-paredes/ 
Alexa Meade: Paints real life people and turns them into 2-dimensional sculptural installations that are actually real life, but mimic paintings Watch her TED talk video below.
http://www.alexameade.com/ Art 21 Explores Theme of Identity
Artists address the idea of identity by questioning commonly held assumptions about stereotypes, self-awareness, portraiture, and what it means to be an artist. Featuring artists Bruce Nauman, Kerry James Marshall, Maya Lin, and Louise Bourgeois, with an introduction by William Wegman and Steve Martin.
http://video.pbs.org/video/1237561998/ 
Liu Bolin is a master of disguise. He can camouflage himself into almost any surrounding, regardless of how difficult it might seem. But that's not to say it's easy. Liu painstakingly spends up to 10 continuous hours working on a single photo to achieve the desired effect, one of absolute perfection. Mr. Bolin, who is both a sculptor and painter, goes through an incredible amount of paint and clothes to create each image.
http://www.viralnova.com/this-mans-ability-to-blend-in-will-blow-your-mind-and-maybe-scare-you-a-little/ http://www.liubolinart.com/ 
Andreas Poupoutsis is Greek Cypriot conceptual Photographer / Artist whose photography explores graphic shapes and elements as well as odd and mysterious portraiture. Identity is a recurring theme in my work.
http://poupoutsisandreas.com/ 
Merve Ozaslan is an Istanbul based artist who creates collages that puts the relationship between nature and humanity in question. Using vintage photographs and photos of nature, Özaslan is showing us that we are all part of own environment.
http://honestlywtf.com/art/natural-act-by-merve-ozaslan/ 
Andreas Gursky is a German photographer and Professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany. He is known for his large format architecture and landscape colour photographs, often employing a high point of view.
http://artplusphoto.com/lens_portfolio/andreas-gursky/ 
Art Wolfe is an established photographer who is known for his nature inspired imagery. His works related to the concept of camouflage are especially interesting as they portray animals in their natural habitat blending in and vanishing with the environment, just as many are vanishing from earth due to extinction.
http://artwolfe.com/ 
Francesca Woodman was a young photographer whose work started when she was 10 or so. She made photographs until her suicide in her early 20s. Her work is really poignant and definitely looks at Identity and many other themes we're thinking about.
Masks and Identity: Consider make-up, masks and other ways we transform or hide our identity. Why do we do this? What purpose does it serve.
Here's a great exploration from MOMA in NYC. http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2010/03/01/the-masks-we-wear-identity-art-and-aids/ Also check this out..... This slide show has some great questions and thoughts. Ignore the last slide. |
