1. To further investigate Chapter 4, select any two of the following artists (use the links that follow instruction 5.). Some were mentioned in the chapter and others were not.
2. Think about the theories explained in the chapter and how those theories might relate to the artists' work.
3. Then post one image from each of the two artists with full citation and a link back to the site where you found the image.
4. Using the theories from Chapter 4 that apply to the artists' work, explain how the two artists' work is similar and how the work is different. Please be as specific as possible.
5. Then post three of your own images and explain why you chose each of the three images.
links:
Chapter 4: Michelle Henning
The subject as object
Rineke Dijkstra:
PDF: What Does A Portrait, Human and Unsentimental, Look Like Now?
Gerhard Lang
Andre Serrano
Mapplethorpe
Tanyth Berkeley
Jack Pierson Self-Portraits
Orlan
Vanessa Beecroft
(try special projects or performances)
Inez van Lamsweerde (& Vinoodh Matadin)
del lagrace volcano
Pierre et Gilles
Allan Sekula
Additional resources to help explain Chapter 4:
Susan Sontag on Abu Ghraib
torture mimics photographic conventions
Alphonse Bertrillon
Francis Galton
Norman Bryson essay:
