Self I as Image Spring 2021: Selfie with Frida Kahlo

Monday, March 15, 2021

Selfie with Frida Kahlo

Words Describing Frida Kahlo- creative, open-minded, carefree, strong, independent, experimental, feminist

Words Describing Me- outgoing, strong, determined, charismatic, independent

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SELF-PORTRAIT FINAL PROJECT

presented in class on Wednesday 5/12

*class begins at 2:30pm - until we are finished!

++Working/feedback session on Wednesday 5/5 at 2:30-4pm++

Projects are due on the blog by Monday 5/10

Choosing any one or combination of processes that you have explored during the semester, create a self-portrait. Connect your final self-portrait project to one (or more) of the artists and the readings we learned in class. You may also choose another artist we have not covered in class. You may also incorporate and be inspired by the the spectacle, media, advertising and technology in the exploration and presentation of self. You may use a medium you have used before but push yourself deeper and ambitiously on your final portrait! Research the artist(s) that inspires you and take time to develop a more ambitious idea inspired by this research.

In addition to completing your self-portrait project you will photograph and post your project to the blog. Through an oral presentation (5 minutes) and a written post which includes images of your work, please explain your project. Answer these questions:

• What is the subject and content of your project?

• Why did you choose this medium and make the choices that led to the composition? How you would categorize your work (ex. collage, graphic print, mixed media, etc).

• Explain the process and steps you went through and why you made those decisions.

• What artist(s) inspired or informed your project?

• What do you think this self portrait conveys to the audience/viewers?

• What are the differences between your first self-portraits (3) and this self-portrait (final)?

• What influenced these changes? Have you pushed yourself and learned from the artists we discussed? How?

• How does the media and its images influence identity and self presentation? Reference the spectacle if applicable.

WRITING THE POST

*Give your project a title

*Take several good images of your project and post them. If digital: make sure video is working correctly, images appear well formatted.

*Short project description: connect to your artist(s) and to class readings and answer the above questions.

You must document the project and post one or more well lit and edited image(s) of your project to the blog along with a written assignment answering the above questions. The writing portion should be 500+ words and explain your process, your inspirations and influences and answer the questions above. You must also connect your explanation to the class readings. Incorporate at least 3 of the quotes you have been collecting from the readings each week. Be sure to cite the quotations and include those references at the bottom of your post.

Have fun! Push yourself and make something you are proud to share!

___________________

Due Wednesday 4/14

SELF PORTRAIT PROJECT COLLAGE/DRAWING/PAINTING

10%

Drawing inspiration from the artists we have learned: Jean Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Amy Sherald, Kehinde Wiley and Wangechi Mutu (as well as others you find or know) design and create a self portrait project using drawing, painting and collage techniques. Be sure to push yourselves and incorporate new materials and methods you may not have used before. Draw on the works of the artists to push yourself to create a work of self-portraiture that addresses advertising, media and fashion, as well as fine art examples. please use any materials you have access to or consider getting new materials you have not used (acrylic paint and canvas for example.) *If physical art materials are not a possibility for you to acquire please reach out to me.

Photograph and post your project to the blog. Be sure to take clear images of your project. Give your project a title and explain the materials you used and your process for making it.

In a short piece of writing share 4 quotes from the readings and 2+images of works that have inspired your project. How does your project address the themes we have been discussing? How do advertising, fashion and media play a role in identity and cultural and societal norms? How do these influence our view of ourselves and each other? How are these themes addressed in the work of the artists we learned? Please explain your project and its meaning. What artist(s) inspired your project? How did advertising and fashion images influence or get addressed in your piece? How does your project speak to your identity and your relationship to media images?

~300 words 4 quotes and 2+ images of artwork that inspired your project, and 1-2 clear photographs of your project.

______________________

Due Wednesday 4/28

NO READINGS

Weekly Selfie:

Inspired by any artist you choose - one from our class or otherwise- create a digital self portrait that also illustrates one of your selected quote from the Society of the Spectacle reading. Include a quote from the reading of the spectacle and write a few sentences about the selfie and its effect on us today. Connect your selfie to the idea you have for your final project. Use this selfie as a sketch/practice/hint for your final portrait project.

BEGIN TO WORK OUT IDEAS FOR YOUR FINAL PROJECTS. In the online session next week I will ask you to share ideas, materials and works in progress for your final self portrait project. Read the description of the final assignment below. Remember to push yourself further this time in concept and in medium and style. Think about the artist or process that inspires your project. Bring several ideas to class and we will discuss.

Two tweets/IG posts with the hashtag #selfiasimage

Choose two articles, artworks, portfolios or any other information that addresses selfie culture, self portraiture and art history. Share two (or more) resources to twitter or IG using our hashtag.

_____________________

Due Wednesday 4/21

READINGS: Berger, Ch 7

READINGS ONLINE:

From Guy Debord's Society of the Spectacle (first published 1967), (1977 translation) OR (2002 translation)

2-More recent (2016) article in Hyperallergic Magazine:

https://hyperallergic.com/313435/an-illustrated-guide-to-guy-debords-the-society-of-the-spectacle/

TO WATCH:

Society of the Spectacle interpretation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsHtSPub3w8

(optional):

Century of the Self Documentary

Online on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s

At Freedocsumentaries.org: https://freedocumentaries.org/documentary/bbc-the-century-of-the-self-happiness-machines-season-1-episode-1

Two tweets/IG posts with the hashtag #selfiasimage

Choose two articles, artworks, portfolios or any other information that addresses selfie culture, self portraiture and art history. Share two (or more) resources to twitter or IG using our hashtag.

READINGS:

Finkelstein, Chapter 5 Fashion

ONLINE:

2-More recent (2016) article in Hyperallergic Magazine:

https://hyperallergic.com/313435/an-illustrated-guide-to-guy-debords-the-society-of-the-spectacle/

Wangechi Mutu at Met

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/arts/design/wangechi-mutu-metropolitan-museum.html

Wangechi Mutu Exhibition at Brooklyn Museum

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/wangechi_mutu/

WATCH:

Wangechi Mutu

Except from her piece 'The End of Eating Everything'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMZSCfqOxVs

Interview with Wangechi Mutu and Santigold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XczdrcLUxMA&t=8s

Wangechi Mutu on her work and The Art of Eating Everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvGcO73MM-I

https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/2019/wangechi-mutu-director-message

Two tweets/IG posts with the hashtag #selfiasimage

Choose two articles, artworks, portfolios or any other information that addresses selfie culture, self portraiture and art history. Share two (or more) resources to twitter or IG using our hashtag.

________________________

++POST YOUR SHORT ESSAY (Warhol/Basquiat) NO LATER THAN 4/3 - see below for details

Due Wednesday 4/7

POST ON BLOG: Write 1+ paragraph about Jaz Graf's work that she discussed in her artist talk and that you saw on her website. Please explain at least one major issue she discussed in her presentation.

++Also due 4/7 posted to the blog will be your weekly self portrait (see below).

READINGS:

REVIEW: Finkelstein, Chapter 3 Identity (was due 3/31)

2 quotes and a short response for each quote about why you chose that quote and what it means. This must be posted on the blog with your weekly selfie this week- see below.

READ ONLINE:

Amy Sherald

on her Breonna Taylor portrait

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2020/08/amy-sherald-on-making-breonna-taylors-cover-portrait

Amy Sherald Effect

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/23/the-amy-sherald-effect

Kehinde Wiley

Classic spin on contemporary subjects

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/arts/design/kehinde-wiley-puts-a-classical-spin-on-his-contemporary-subjects.html

Black masculinity

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/kehinde-wiley-on-painting-president-obama-michael-jackson-and-the-people-of-ferguson

WATCH:

Amy Sherald

In the Studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPQSKQ7Rnyo

On painting Michelle Obama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsFdVwN1uk8

Kehinde Wiley

The New Republic 2015 Brooklyn Museum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=217&v=dHx4lFPqPiI

Kehinde Wiley on Sargent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rvvJ0tKvmY

Kehinde Wiley Presidential portrait

https://time.com/5158961/obama-portrait-kehinde-wiley-amy-sherald-interview/

Additional artist video we watched in class:

Bisa Butler, Quilting for the Culture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P3_61nh3xo&ab_channel=Sok.Vision

Weekly Selfie on the blog: Inspired by the work of Amy Sherald AND Kehinde Wiley create ONE self portrait that address your identity in the style of one of the two artists. Post your images as well as the 2 quotes from the readings above that connect to your portraits.

Two tweets/IG posts with the hashtag #selfiasimage

Choose two articles, artworks, portfolios or any other information that addresses selfie culture, self portraiture and art history. Share two (or more) resources to twitter or IG using our hashtag.

_____________________

Due Wednesday 3/31

ESSAY DUE on the blog - see details below

READINGS:

Finkelstein, Chapter 3 Identity

2 quotes and a short response for each quote about why you chose that quote and what it means.

VISITING ARTIST 3/31

Look at the website of our visiting artist Jaz Graf www.jazgraf.com

Jaz Graf will be presenting on Zoom during our class. We will leave our Zoom class before 4pm and join the public zoom event. REGISTER FOR THE ARTIST TALK EVENT AT THIS LINK: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jaz-graf-virtual-art-talk-tickets-143767214609

WEEKLY SELFIE: Inspired by the work of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat compose a selfie that also recalls a way that you might "self care."Post it on the blog with a title. Get creative.

SHORT ESSAY 1 DUE 3/31

Warhol and Basquiat - Identity, Biography and Fame

Review the documentaries on the lives and work of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. What are some prevalent themes in each of their work? What influence may their biographies have on their works? How did their lived experience and their self identities influence the way they made art, the subjects of their work and their own presence in their works (self portraits)? Did these artists become synonymous with their work? How did media and fame play a role in their work and their lives? How did each of the artists use art materials and technique to address some of these themes? How were the materials and techniques themselves important to the subjects they depicted?

Did these artists invent themselves or their public selves through the presentation of these works? Use Berger, Finkelstein and any other additional sources to help you answer these questions. You must cite at least 4 references (quotes) from our class readings in your essay.

~600 words. Please use proper citation style and put a 'works cited' at the bottom of your post listing our two class texts as well as any other sources you cite from. Include at least 4 images/examples of the artists work.

Two tweets/IG posts with the hashtag #selfiasimage

Choose two articles, artworks, portfolios or any other information that addresses selfie culture, self portraiture and art history. Share two (or more) resources to twitter or IG using our hashtag.

_________________

Due Wednesday 3/24

FINISH YOUR PERFORMANCE SELF PORTRAITS!! Make sure that you CREATE a performance that is documented either in photographs or in video. Connect your project to the artist that we learned about - especially artists who use performance in their work.

READINGS:

Finkelstein, Chapter 2 Manners

2 quotes and a short response for each quote about why you chose that quote and what it means

WATCH:

Jean Michel-Basquiat documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GZDEzchusE

Andy Warhol Documentary

2 parts (3h total -watch as much as you can)

Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXpqQO4vaE&t=1388s

Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r47Nk4o08pI&t=1260s

LOOK AT:

Slideshare presentations for more images of their work:

Basquiat

https://www.slideshare.net/RodriguezLehmann/jean-michel-basquiat-33897491

https://www.slideshare.net/SarahMoor3/identity-basquiat-case-study

Warhol

https://www.slideshare.net/kimfrog22/andy-warhol-5651037

https://www.slideshare.net/RodriguezLehmann/andy-warhol-33898878

Two tweets/IG posts with the hashtag #selfiasimage

Choose two articles, artworks, portfolios or any other information that addresses selfie culture, self portraiture and art history. Share two (or more) resources to twitter or IG using our hashtag.

________________________

HAVE A SAFE AND RESTFUL SPRING BREAK!

-no class 3/10

Due Wednesday 3/17

READINGS: John Berger, Chapters 4+5

2 quotes each chapter

WATCH:

Jean Michel-Basquiat documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GZDEzchusE

Andy Warhol Documentary

2 parts (3h total -watch as much as you can)

Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXpqQO4vaE&t=1388s

Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r47Nk4o08pI&t=1260s

SELF PORTRAIT PERFORMANCE due 3/17 (10%credit)

In a short video or series of photographs create a performance that addresses a socio-political issue of your choice. Consider many of the themes and issues we have discussed about identity, gender, race and equality, art history, voting, the government, power structures and many more in your planning.

In a short pice of writing of ~3-5 paragraphs please explain how this performance addresses the issue(s) you chose and how it connects to the artists and themes we learned. Use the readings we have done to help this explanation. Reference at least 3 of your quotes from the readings. Think about the questions we answered in class as well as: How can a performance express self-identity and issues that affect that self-identity? How does performance go beyond other methods of representation like photographs and paintings?

Remember that a self-portrait does not represent an entire life but just a part. Push yourself into the space of performance, conceptual art and representation. Look to the artists we have reviewed as well as others you may know or discover. Get creative!

Post your video or images to the blog with 3-5 paragraphs be sure to cite your quotes. DUE BEFORE CLASS ON 3/17!

Two tweets/IG posts with the hashtag #selfiasimage

Choose two articles, artworks, portfolios or any other information that addresses selfie culture, self portraiture and art history. Share two (or more) resources to twitter or IG using our hashtag.

___________________

Due Wednesday 3/3

The male gaze and patriarchy in images and its challenges: oppositional gaze and female gaze by women artists and BIPOC.

READINGS:

On BLACKBOARD under 'Content': bell hooks, Understanding Patriarchy and The Oppositional Gaze

2 quotes each essay. Watch all the videos!

WEEKLY SELFIE: Choose one:

Create a selfie inspired by the work of Mickalene Thomas addressing the gaze, patriarchy and art history.

Thinking about performance as a method of representation and storytelling, create a small performance piece and document it as a series of images (3+ images). Look to the work of Sophie Calle, Yoko Ono and Marina Abramovich to push into more conceptual spaces and techniques for performance. Get creative!

WATCH:

The Case For Performance Art PBS Art Assignment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmMTKdUAokM

Yoko Ono

Cut piece with commentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJ3dPwa2tI

short doc:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoU0E_ab36Q

Marina Abramovich

Interviews:

what is performance art?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcyYynulogY

first performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DxZKAQ9WrM&feature=related

body as medium

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUrwdqwzqMU&feature=relmfu

Performances:

Freeing the Memory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfeMdspSy7c&feature=related

The Artist is Present

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TlZjFGriLw

LIGHT\DARK Marina Abramović and Ulay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY-cKs77Pfc

Relation in Time. Marina Abramović and Ulay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sRSoGAc3H0

Sophie Calle

On becoming an artist: https://www.sfmoma.org/watch/sophie-calle-on-becoming-an-artist/

Venice Biennial Tate Shots (link that was previously not listed correctly) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9E4dA0EGaM&t=128s

On turning her life into art: http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/venice-biennale-sophie-calle

Short doc/project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYF_FnxJ-h8&index=1&list=PLWNy7Q3STAJXxQKLHo6NsfqlEtknW5aeA

Two tweets/IG posts with the hashtag #selfiasimage

Choose two articles, artworks, portfolios or any other information that addresses selfie culture, self portraiture and art history. Share two (or more) resources to twitter or IG using our hashtag.

___________________

Due Wednesday 2/24

READINGS:

John Berger, Chapters 2+3

2 quotes

On BLACKBOARD under 'Content': bell hooks, Understanding Patriarchy and The Oppositional Gaze

2 quotes each essay

Mickalene Thomas -Photographed, Collaged and Painted Muses

https://hyperallergic.com/278045/the-photographed-collaged-and-painted-muses-of-mickalene-thomas/

2 quotes

WATCH:

Mickalene Thomas

interview with Institute of Contemporary Art ICA Teens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3E1niqEVlQ&t=364s

Mickalene Thomas Studio visit Bloudin ARTINFO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2tJKAfyVhs

Portrait of Mnonja: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm3XvKd_KPs

SAM Dejuneur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIZnKgAqh_k

Weekly Selfie: Reclaiming the Gaze Inspired by the artwork of Ana Mendieta create a selfie that addresses the male gaze or challenges it in some way. Although the artist is often addressing the representation of the female nude in their work, this assignment does not require this investigation. In reclaiming the gaze many artists have changed the way they portray the body including empowering and reclaiming it. How can you interpret this as well? Post your selfie and the work that has inspired it. Include two quotes for each reading and a brief response (1-2 paragraphs) to the readings in your post.

Two tweets/IG posts with the hashtag #selfiasimage

Choose two articles, artworks, portfolios or any other information that addresses selfie culture, self portraiture and art history. Share two (or more) resources to twitter or IG using our hashtag.

________________

Due Wednesday 2/17

READINGS (review):

Imposters, Tricksters and Spies

Joanna Finkelstein, Ch 1

and

John Berger, Ch 1

2 quotes from each chapter for discussion next week

Overlooked No More: Ana Mendieta, a Cuban Artist Who Pushed Boundaries | NYTimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/obituaries/ana-mendieta-overlooked.html

2 quotes

WATCH:

Ana Mendieta

Ana Mendieta: Traces/Stopy | Krátký dokument | Galerie Rudolfinum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Nk0sPfRrU

Raquel Cecilia Mendieta on Ana Mendieta at Galerie Lelong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHD7_ACrFsg

Ana Mendieta at Gallerie Lelong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbYFjJomZag

Weekly Selfie Autobiography (story), Identity and Place

due 2/17

Using the work and biography of Frida Kahlo as inspiration please create a selfie that is autobiographical and inspired by the style of the paintings of Frida Kahlo referencing nature, the body, identity and home (place, nation, geography and culture).

*Add to the post of your selfie your 4 quotes from the readings, the 15+ words you wrote down about Frida and add 15+ words that you would use to describe your selfie (they can be repeated).

IMPORTANT

Edit/update your flag self portrait and writing on your post until Saturday 2/13

Edit your images and your writing for your flag self portrait assignment. Please include clear, well lit and properly cropped images of your project. You must include an image of your project "flying"as a flag! If you made a digital project, think of a creative way to “fly” your flag and share it with others. Edit your writing and be sure to include a good description of the project and how it connects to the ideas of language and symbols in Dahlia Elsayed's work. Use the readings and your quotes in your writing portion to help explain this connection.

Two tweets/IG posts with the hashtag #selfiasimage

Choose two articles, artworks, portfolios or any other information that addresses selfie culture, self portraiture and art history. Share two (or more) resources to twitter or IG using our hashtag.

_________________

Due Wednesday 2/10

FLAG SELF PORTRAIT (10% credit)

Using the work of Dahlia Elsayed and our class readings as inspiration please design and create a "flag" self portrait. Choose an issue or theme that speaks to your identity, passions, wishes. Think about this project more abstractly and conceptually than a traditional flag. Simplify and push yourself to think about identity as symbols and language instead of figure or image. How can you create a flag that speaks to some part of you?

Use paper, fabric or digital tools to design and create the flag. Share the flag on the class blog. Prepare a short piece of writing to explain the flag to the class. The writing can be a poem or instructions, or a short explanation of the various components and ideas behind the flag.

Look back at the two articles and watch Dahlia's artist talk to help fuel your ideas. I want you to use the work of Dahlia Elsayed as inspiration but it does not need to be in her style.

+++ SOME TIPS if you are having trouble getting started or narrowing down your ideas:

-Go back to the quotes you chose from the readings, see what sticks out and if there is a connection to an issue or theme for you personally

-You can also use the exercise I mentioned in class and write down 5 words that come to mind about yourself or 5 current issues that are important to you. Play with this brainstorm list and write phrases, short poems and see what pops out.

-Gather materials in your home that can be used to draw, paint or collage your design. You can use an old towel, pillowcase or fabric, large paper or cardboard, wood or plastic. If you do not have paint, cut fabric or paper to use as collage, use markers and pens, use other ways of making marks like dye or food coloring. Look around and see what inspires you.

-Play around and see what you can create. You should make something physical. Take a photo of the object to share on the blog with the short piece of writing. You can "perform" with the flag or include only a photo of the flag itself. The flag can be temporary.

-Be creative! Go outside of your comfort zone.

Include good images of your project including if possible an image of your project as a flag! Edit your writing and be sure to include a good description of the project and how it connects to the ideas of language and symbols in Dahlia Elsayed's work. Use the readings and your quotes in your writing portion to help explain this connection.

READINGS:

Joanna Finkelstein, Ch 1 and John Berger, Ch 1

WATCH:

Biography of Frida Kahlo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROAH9LQecyc

Life and Times of Frida Kahlo (w/Spanish subtitles):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgLbROIfwxo

Frida with Salma Hayek

*on Amazon Prime Video and Hulu

interview with Salma Hayek about the film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1R0T5MOR2s&t=18s

Two tweets/IG posts with the hashtag #selfiasimage

Choose two articles, artworks, portfolios or any other information that addresses selfie culture, self portraiture and art history. Share two (or more) resources to twitter or IG using our hashtag.

__________________

Due Wednesday 2/3

WATCH:

Common Language: Dahlia Elsayed Virtual Artist Talk

https://njcu.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7c586016-3fd9-466e-9c9f-ab9d0178d38c

READ: When Artists Create Flags - Artworks of Creative Time’s Pledges of Allegiance Project

https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/artist-flags-creative-time

2 quotes (add to your post with your weekly selfie - see below)

Painting With Words, Writing With Color

Review of Dahlia Elsayed exhibition at New Jersey State Museum

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/nyregion/a-review-of-dahlia-elsayed-hither-and-yon-at-new-jersey-state-museum.html

2 quotes (add to your post with your weekly selfie - see below)

WEEKLY SELFIE: Create a weekly selfie in response to the work of the photographer Cindy Sherman (or Carrie Mae Weems if you chose Cindy Sherman last week). Use the readings and videos due last week as well as topics and reflections brought up in discussion to push yourself creatively.

++Include your quotes from the readings above (due 2/3) in your post below your selfie assignment. These will be helpful in developing your flag assignment the following week - see below.

Two tweets/IG posts with the hashtag #selfiasimage

Choose two articles, artworks, portfolios or any other information that addresses selfie culture, self portraiture and art history. Share two (or more) resources to twitter or IG using our hashtag.

________________________

Due Wednesday 1/27

GET THE BOOKS!!

The Art of Self Invention by Joanne Finkelstein, I.B. Tauris, London: 2007

Ways of Seeing by John Berger, British Broadcasting Corporation and Penguin Books: New York 1990

Weekly selfie in response to the readings

Create a digital self portrait that is informed/inspired by the ideas you read in the readings linked below and by the work of the artists Cindy Sherman and Carrie Mae Weems. Try to recreate one particular image that stands out to you from one of the artists' videos/galleries.

++Include two quotes from each of the readings below your selfie.

WATCH:

Carrie Mae Weems: "The Kitchen Table Series" | Art21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPDInpNoO50

Carrie Mae Weems: "Roaming" | Art21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI0R2qlRfps

Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Woman Feeding Bird), The Kitchen Table Series, 1989-90 | Smart History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wBEqPrgUDY

Cindy Sherman: Characters | Art21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiszC33puc0

Cindy Sherman: Fashion | Art21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtATCPCC8b8

Cindy Sherman, Nobody is Here But Me, 1994 (55min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXKNuWtXZ_U

READ:

Susan Sontag excerpt from On Photography

http://www.susansontag.com/SusanSontag/books/onPhotographyExerpt.shtml

2 Quotes

Revisiting Carrie Mae Weems’s Landmark “Kitchen Table Series”

by Jacqui Palumbo for Artsy

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-revisiting-carrie-mae-weemss-landmark-kitchen-table-series

2 Quotes

The Cindy Sherman Effect by Phoebe Hoban for ArtNews

http://www.artnews.com/2012/02/14/the-cindy-sherman-effect/

2 Quotes

SEE:

(galleries of artists' works for reference)

Carrie Mae Weems - portfolio - Bodies of Work

http://carriemaeweems.net/work.html

Cindy Sherman at MoMA (some videos and images linked)

http://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1154?locale=en

Image Gallery and the marketplace:

https://www.artsy.net/artist/cindy-sherman

Two tweets with the hashtag #selfiasimage

______________________

Link to our twitter hashtag: #selfiasimage

Discussion guidelines

The course material and discussions can often be provocative and challenging. We must therefore be careful to be respectful of each other and of our viewpoints.

We must come to class prepared and ready to discuss the readings. Please keep discussions focused on the readings and class materials and keep examples relevant and appropriate. If you have not done the readings you are not to participate in the discussion.