Inventing Personalities

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Inventing Inventing Personalities Personalities Using portraits and self Using portraits and self portraits to make visual portraits to make visual representations of representations of invented invented people/personalities. people/personalities. e following slides show examples of artists using this strate

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Inventing PersonalitiesInventing Personalities

Using portraits and self Using portraits and self portraits to make visual portraits to make visual

representations of invented representations of invented people/personalities.people/personalities.

The following slides show examples of artists using this strategy.

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Hillary Hillary CarlipCarlip

Carlip is a contemporary artist and graphic Carlip is a contemporary artist and graphic designer. She authored a book that used grocery designer. She authored a book that used grocery lists as a basis to construct different personalities. lists as a basis to construct different personalities. The photographs are all of Ms. Carlip. The photographs are all of Ms. Carlip.

Barbara Green was the photographer.Barbara Green was the photographer.

Images with permission of Hillary Carlip.

www.hillarycarlip.com

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Cindy Cindy ShermanSherman

Sherman is a Sherman is a contemporary contemporary photographer who photographer who has created many has created many different different personalities. Her personalities. Her photographs are all photographs are all self portraits. She self portraits. She has used film stills, has used film stills, famous art work, famous art work, and clowns as some and clowns as some of her image of her image categories.categories.

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MOMA web site.

www.moma.org

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Rembrandt van RijnRembrandt van Rijn Rembrandt, a 17Rembrandt, a 17th th century Dutch artist, made many self portraits. century Dutch artist, made many self portraits.

In some of them he dressed as different characters.In some of them he dressed as different characters.

Self Portrait as the Prodigal SonSelf Portrait as a beggar

Self Portrait in an Oriental turbanPermission for images from J. Jansonhttp://www.rembrandtpainting.net/index.htm

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