Picturing identity.Knowledge of the self allows individual insights that are impossible for others to fully understand. The optimum opportunity to share such knowledge is through the self-portrait. Exploring self-portraits provides a focus that students can then turn on their own individual or cultural identities. A natural correlation concerning identity that you may want to pursue with your students is a comparison of self-portraits and autobiographies. For Teachers www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/whoami/index.html Who Am I? Exploring Identity, is a great high school unit that can easily be adapted for other grades. It includes procedures for teachers, organizers for students, and links to pertinent websites. www.fbuch.com/fridaby.htm Frida by Kahlo presents a series of sixteen self-portraits by the celebrated Mexican artist. retanet.unm.edu/retanet/plans/search/retrieve.php3?ID%5BO%5D=475 This high school curriculum project, Imagen e Idenudad/Image and Identity: Multiple Voices, Violations and Victories, was developed in New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). to address issues of Native American identity. www.artsconnected.org/artsnetmn/identity/index.html This well-designed site from Arts Connected, ArtsNet Minnesota, explores identity through the work of Chuck Close Chuck Close (born Charles Thomas Close July 5, 1940, Monroe, Washington)[1] is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist before a catastrophic blood clot left him severely paralyzed. , James Ensor James Ensor (April 13, 1860 - November 19 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX. , Pepon Osorio, and others. Also included are sections on Activities, Vocabulary, and a Gallery. Teachers of both upper elementary and secondary students should find this site appropriate. www.pbs.org/art21/education/home/lesson2.html This comprehensive lesson from the PBS series Art:21 focuses on individuals' identification with multiple cultures or cities. Contemporary artists featured include Pepon Osorio, Do-Ho Suh Do-Ho Suh is a Korean sculpture and installation artist. He was born in Seoul, Korea in 1962. After earning his BFA and MFA in Oriental Painting from Seoul National University, and fulfilling his term of mandatory service in the South Korean military, Suh relocated to the , Gabriel Orozco Gabriel Orozco (b. 1962) is "One of the most influential artists of this decade, and probably the next one too." - Francesco Bonami, Parachute, 1998. He was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico and educated in the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas between 1981 and 1984. , and Shahzia Sikander Shahzia Sikander (born 1969 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistan-born American artist who specializes in Indian and Persian miniature painting. She has also created murals, installations, mixed-media works and performance art. . mati.eas.asu.edu/ChicanArte/index.html Chicana and Chicano Space is a thematic, inquiry-based art education resource that presents over twenty-five artworks. Images of Me is one of three interdisciplinary units and includes works by Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo[1](July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter, who has achieved great international popularity. She painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as European influences that include , Diego Rivera, Luis Jimenez, and many others. www.vangoghmuseum.nl www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/main_se.htm www.artchive.com/artchive/V/vangogh.html The numerous self-portraits and letters of Vincent van Gogh offer an excellent opportunity to compare his artworks with his autobiographical writings. For Students Directions: Visit the websites detailed below and answer the questions or complete the activities on a separate piece of paper. www.artsconnected.org/artsnetmn/identity/index.html Read the first paragraph in Discussion. How does Webster's Dictionary Webster's Dictionary - Hypertext interface. define 'identity?' Make a list of the characteristics of your identity, then create a collage collage (kəläzh`, kō–) [Fr.,=pasting], technique in art consisting of cutting and pasting natural or manufactured materials to a painted or unpainted surface—hence, a work of art in this medium. or mixed-media artwork that expresses it. www.k12.hi.usl-kapunaha/studentprojects/famous_artists/rembrandt.htm Read about Rembrandt van Rijn Rembrandt (Harmenszoon) van Rijn (born July 15, 1606, Leiden, Neth.—died Oct. 4, 1669, Amsterdam) Dutch painter and etcher. As a young man, he was apprenticed to masters in Leiden and in Amsterdam. , an artist who created more than 80 self-portraits. www.ibiblio.orglwmlpaint/auth/rembrandt/self/ Carefully study the self-portraits by Rembrandt that are arranged here in chronological order. How did his self-portraits change over time? www.uen.orglutahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=5807 Browse this site about Vincent van Gogh, investigate the links and then answer the questions. www.geocities.comlljacoby_2000/vangogh.html Explore this site about Vincent van Gogh and complete one of the activities under Other Resources. www.artsconnected.org/artsnetmn/identity/close.html Look at the work of Chuck Close and read about his life. How do his self-portraits and portraits reflect life in our times? How is his work different than that of Rembrandt and van Gogh? Whose do you prefer? Why? www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/self/ Carefully look at the self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh The Self-portraits of Vincent van Gogh are, together with his sunflowers, some of his most-admired paintings. From 1886 to 1889 he produced over 12 self-portraits.[1] Paris and read the text. Which one interests you the most? Why? How many self-portraits did he paint? What are some reasons that he might have painted so many self-portraits? |
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