Art and Identity Discussion - Briefly introduce your chosen artist

Ashford University Art and Identity Discussion

This discussion provides you the opportunity to teach us about 1 of the 4 artists that interested you from the previous page. (Links to an external site.) Please use this opportunity to expand our ideas about the representation of identity.Submit a response based on the ONE artist that you chose from the previous page that discusses the following:

Briefly introduce your chosen artist and briefly describe their art practice:Are they a painter, conceptual artist, or photographer?

What is the main content of their work? Describe.How do their portraits or self-portraits address gender identity, sexuality, and/or cultural identity (think about why representation matters)? Analyze the function.What  are two new things that you learned about portraiture and identity (again, think about why representation matters)? Explain.What more do you want to know? (share academic questions only). 

https://tiltinstitute.org/exhibitions/zanele-muholi-and-the-womens-mobile-museum-pafa/

https://youtu.be/E5MMcjZ6nsQ

Muhole (pronouns they/them/theirs) is an artist from South Africa who uses photographic portraits and self-portraits to break hierarchies and claim power in how LGBTQIA+ people and racialized people are represented. Watch the following videos (one depicts their self-portraits during a residency in Philadelphia (Links to an external site.)  and the other depicts them photographing portraits in South Africa) to learn about their art practice. 

https://vimeo.com/315747169?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=53392872