“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?

What does “Identity”

mean?

Dictionary Definitioni·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.

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.

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?

No woman No Cry –Chris Ofili

George Shaw

Lucian Freud

Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer

This is the entrance to Auschwitz

Auschwitz was a concentration camp in Poland

Mona Hatoum

Philip Guston

Gillian Wearing

Anish Kapoor

Frida Kahlo

Yukinori Yanagi

Jean Michel Basquiat

Gerhard Richter

Alighiero Boetti

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. ( 1st 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: 6th Feb)

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