#identity in art

2 articles tagged with "identity in art"

Kehinde Wiley: Portrait, Power, and Reclaiming the Grand Tradition
Artist Spotlights
·7 min read

Kehinde Wiley: Portrait, Power, and Reclaiming the Grand Tradition

Kehinde Wiley puts Black subjects into the poses and settings of Old Master portraits. Learn how the American painter transformed official portraiture and why the Obama portrait changed everything.

Cindy Sherman: Identity, Performance, and the Self-Portrait as Concept
Photography
·8 min read

Cindy Sherman: Identity, Performance, and the Self-Portrait as Concept

Explore Cindy Sherman's radical reinvention of the self-portrait through film stills, history portraits, and fashion photography. Discover how she uses her own body to examine identity, representation, and the constructed nature of femininity across five decades of work.