Me, Myself and I
My subject is about painting. The
content of my painting is having three layers of myself represented in the
painting. I chose to do something different like this, because I wanted to show
how diverse I am as a photographer, painter and
model. I used acrylic to paint my canvas. The steps were to make something
interesting and having three layers of myself in the painting. I categorize my work as a collage because
I am using photos of myself as an inspiration to make the painting. “Yet when
an image is presented as work of art, the way people look at it is affected by a
whole series of learnt assumptions about art” (pg. 11 from Way of See by
Berger)
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| Fahamu Pecou |
The artist that appropriate
me is Fahamu Pecou. His work is on the (Rock.Well:
Radiant, Pop, Champ, 2010). Rock.Well: Radiant, Pop, Champ references Norman Rockwell’s
Triple Self-Portrait. The work was created along with a broader collection of
paintings that reimagined famous artist self-portraits. The idea being is that
by challenging the understanding and appreciation of the referenced artworks
and juxtaposing my own ideas within the context of the dialogue of the original
source material. I hope to build upon
the ideas of these artists and create a brand-new dialogue. How does my painting
convey
to the audience? I hope they see the hard work I do and how diverse I am in trying to put all of me in
one painting.
The differences between my first self-portrait
(midterm) and this self-portrait (final)? With the midterm it’s about who I am
as a Gemini and that why my title is (Mind of a Gemini) and that
is why a person can go inside of my mind to see different photos of myself and how
crazy it is as a collage. Now I’m doing a different medium in painting, but
still a collage of three layers of myself and what I do in photography, painting and modeling. So, what influenced these changes? Again, I wanted to do something different, because
I wanted to show how diverse I am as a photographer, painter and model and how I
use the painting acrylic on canvas.
How does the media and its images influence
identity and self-presentation? For me the media
influenced me with identity and self-presentation with social media like Facebook,
Instagram, and Twitter. Looking at this “model” on Instagram, some people say
this is how a person should look and act, I say this ridiculous to me as a
photographer. But I feel my images influence identity like me editing my photos
to say this is how a person should look like knowing it’s not. But with self-presentation it refers to how people attempt
to present themselves to control or shape how others (called the audience) to
view them. It involves expressing oneself and behaving in ways that create a
desired impression.
What is the spectacle? How does it function
today? “The spectacle is not a collection of images; it is a social relation
between people that is mediated by images”. (http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord/1.htm,
The society of the Spectacle, # 4) It’s about people having a conversation
about an image feeling like they are right and It’s like a debate. But some images
are objective, so a person can’t be right or wrong with the image. “If the new langauge of images
were used differently, it would, though its use, confer a new kind of power.
Within it we could begin to define our experiences more precisely in areas
where words are inadequate. (Seeing comes before words.)" (pg.33 from Way of See
by Berger) But I feel my project exist in the spectacle. With my project I feel
the social relation between people that mediate by my image, again is to stir
up a conversation good or bad.
Work Cited page
(pg. 11 & 33 from Way of See by Berger)
(http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord/1.htm,
The society of the Spectacle, # 4)
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| Me, Myself and I |
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