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Individuals & Collectives

detail of Walker's "Gone..."
Lesson 1—Character/Caricature
above: silhouette by Walker
detail of Sikander's "Fleshy Weapons"
Lesson 2—Yearbook Tribes...
above: wallpaper by Suh
detail of Zittel's "A-Z"
Lesson 3—The Alter-Ego...
above: photo by Antin
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How is the self defined? How do innate qualities and external influences make us who we are? How do we make connections with others by identifying ourselves as part of social, familial, or spiritual communities, cultural groups, or neighborhoods? Identity is a constant conversation between individuality and conformity, between being and belonging. The lessons in this topic explore ideas of how we relate to others and how we understand ourselves both as individuals as well as members of collectives. Whether it be through the representation of living people or through the invention of fictional characters, contemporary artists probe the nature of the self in all it's aspects.
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Individuals & Collectives


Art Exhibitions that address the Theme of Individuals and Collectives
http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibit/speak/shanken.html
  “Divided We Stand” – Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2001/09/08/29095.html
  American Decorative Arts and Eastern European Collective Art
http://www.documenta.de/data/english/index.html
  “Documenta” - information about the artists, platform and program
http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/25/asianart/25ART3.html
  Additional information about “Documenta”
http://avenue.org/ssg/exhibits/lchristensen/lchristensen.html
  “Les Christensen: Ruminations”


The following Web sites are cited in the individual lesson plans:

Caricatures
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/c/caricature.html
  An essay from the Library of Congress on Immigration and Migration
http://www.npg.si.edu.exh/caricatures/intro.htm
  An African-American mosaic from the Library of Congress
http://www.indiana.edu/~libilly/cartoons.html
  America in caricature 1765-1865
http://www.pritchettcartoons.com/caricature.htm
  Examples of famous caricatures past and present

Comic Books & Comic Artists
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/5537/hist.htm
  The history of the comic book
http://cartoon.org/spiegelm.htm
  Art Spiegelman's “Maus”
http://cartoon.org/davis2.htm
  Jim Davis' “Garfield”
http://cartoon.org/lukovich.htm
  Mike Lukovich, political cartoonist
http://cartoon.org/fischett.htm
  John Fischetti, political cartoonist
http://cartoon.org/schulz.htm
  Charles Schultz's “Peanuts”
http://cartoon.org/gould.htm
  Chester Gould's “Dick Tracy”
http://cartoon.org/jones.htm
  Chuck Jones' “Loony Tunes”
http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/crumb/crumb.html
  Robert Crumb

Yearbooks
http://www.brownielocks.com/graduation.html
  How the school yearbook has evolved
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/inter-natlinks/refs3.htm
  United Nations statistical data and yearbooks
http://www.whoa.org/yearbooks.htm
  Wagner High School at Clark Air Base, Philippines yearbooks

Costumes
http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME15_INDEX.HTML
  The History of Costume
http://www.millieux.com/costume/
  Ethnic, historical, and theatrical costumes
http://www.smb.spk-berlin.de/mvf/vg/img/mvfb5g.jpg
  “Conical Hat with Brim," Late Bronze Age, German Art
http://www.chnmus.net/English/newpage62.htm
  “Jade Costume Sewn with Gold Wire," Western Han Dynasty
http://www.lacma.org/art/perm_col/costumes/M79_117.jpg
  “Dalmatic," Dutch Art
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iadcost/iadcost-14916.0.html
  “Afternoon Dress” 1935-1942, American Design

 
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