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Indentify With What?



The four artists featured in the ‘Identity’ episode all had different purposes, mediums, and ideas that they were working with, but yet all of them identified or in one case unidentified certain aspects and relationships in their work.

Bruce Nauman’s purpose for his work was to take away the functionality from an object or idea that has a clear and obvious function and purpose. Case and point, one of his pieces were stairs of every proportion and height placed in an area that doesn’t need stairs, but when filmed, show people using them anyway. Maya Lin works with making a connection and establishing identity. She connects with nature and the natural world. She designed the ice rink in down town Grand Rapids with intentions of identifying with the elements of water in this case being frozen, mist, and liquid. Though separate pieces, they identified with each other very well. Kerry Marshall seems to almost be identifying himself in his excerpt along with the african american race in general. He says he works against already established works, but also works with them. He deals with the idea of the ‘black’ race in his paintings and puts them in everyday situations while keeping their skin color a beautiful black. Louise Bourgeous is the last artist to be featured in Identity. She identifies with people, and feels that she has failed if her work isn’t understood by it’s viewers. She in a way connects to her audience through letting them interpret the piece as they please. All of the artists featured were in many ways tied to the idea of identifying with something, someone, and some idea.

Bruce Nauman stuck me as an interesting artist. What I remember most was his stair project. His purpose was to either take the function our of stairs by altering the heights and dimensions of each step or changing the shape or path of the entire unit so that making sense of the object is difficult. Bruce specifically says that his inspiration was to take he function out of a functional object and make it questionable to it’s surroundings. His ‘W’ stairway piece was something to this effect. Though it really had no official purpose there were examples of how people used it. It was mostly used for photographing either school sport teams or simply a fun spur of the moment pictures. Nauman was something of an influence or an inspiration to me simply because he thought outside of such an obvious box. It seems so easy to think of taking the functionality away from such a functional object, however, it never crossed my mind before. I’ve always worked more towards structure and understanding rather than misunderstanding.

To have a connection with Identity or identifying with something or someone is a strong sense to have. It brings the artist a sense of unity, which in many cases becomes a way for the audience to identify with the artist as well. Whether it be nature, functionality, traditional ideas, or the perception of people the idea of identity intertwined with each of the featured artists in a friendly and unique way.










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Word Word:

Spider is a word that may be creepy or unsettling to most...however, spindle is an object that isn't harmful nor scary in anyway, but it sounds like it could be sharp or creepy. Together, they roll off the tongue well and yet somehow has an interesting relationship.

Image Word:

Image: It's a statue of jesus that is in many ways is overpowering. He's on an upward angle and appears to be looking over you as if he's watching your every move. He's made of stone and has shadows casted on him to give him a sense of power.

Word: concrete is a substance that can dry into something permanent or definite. However, it's also a descriptive word referring to something being sure and unchangeable. It poses a question as to wether or not the idea of a god is real or not, and causes the mind to think in depth about religion.


Image Image:

Image 1: The pencils are displayed in such a way that it repeats the shape and orientation of the wood. More interesting the pencils are made from wood, but are manmade rather than natural like the wood.

Image 2: The wood is once again natural, but yet still looks structured yet simple. It's something that makes you think about the relationship between the pencil image, but also about the environment and what role the market plays on the forests of our planet.

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