Art and Celebrities!

Fame and Identity

– The other side of you?

Look at these images, all the artists are interested in the idea of

‘Fame and Identity’.

They are thinking about what if means to be famous and how we look at famous people.

Stage 1- Choose one slide and answer the questions.

Stage 2 - Create your own piece of work

Choose just one slide and answer these questions

1. Find out about the artist when and where did/do they live?2. Look at the art work and summarize what you think it is about.3. Explain the feelings or thoughts you have when you look at it.4. How could you develop this idea further?5. Why is this a good example of an artist’s work on the theme of FAME AND

IDENTITY?6. Has this picture made you think about the theme in a different way? – if so try to

explain7. Do you think that this idea could be taken further (try to explain)8. How could you work in a similar way?

then - CHOOSE A SUBJECT FOR YOUR OWN FOUR WEEK PROJECT TO BE DONE IN YOUR BOOK ON THE THEME OF ‘FAME AND IDENTITY – the other side…’

You will be working on this for the next three weeks. Your project could any of the following:- drawings, painting, photographs, a linked series of photos, images manipulated on the computer……You might even decide to put your work into a powerpoint presentation.

If you want to do a powerpoint look at http://www.digital-eye.org.uk/ for ideas go to the ‘Student Work’ section.

‘From Zero to Hero’by The Singh Twins

Star on a TV showby The Singh Twins

Marilyn Monroeby The SinghTwins

Marilyn   by James Rosenquist

The Only Blonde in the Worldby Pauline Boty

Marilynby Andy Warhol

David

(video of David Beckham sleeping)

by Sam Taylor Wood

‘CRYING MEN’ by Sam Taylor-WoodSam Taylor-Wood asked male celebrities to pose crying for this series of photos….she

asked actors as she thought they would be able to do this…she was surprised how easily they did this!

Forest WhitakerDaniel Craig

Gabriel Byrne Jude Law

Hayden Christenen

Dustin Hoffman

Kate Moss

by Corinne Day

Elvisby Andy Warhol

‘Identity Crisis’ by Gavin Turk

‘IN THE FUTURE EVERYONE WILL BE ANONYMOUS FOR 15 MINUTESby Banksy

(inspired by Andy Warhol quote from 1968 ‘In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes’)