Essay on the substance of identity and creative practices

Essay On The Substance Of Identity And Creative Practices

Identity and Creative Practices

Egoistic/felt identity

Mutually exclusive and mutually constitutive identities

According to Steph Lawler, some aspects of identity are not capable of existing in isolation. Such identities are mutually constitutive, as opposed to mutually exclusive (Lawler, 2014). They include race, class and gender. Other aspects of identity are mutually exclusive which means that they can exist on their own and still make sense. They include the binary classifications of man/woman, homosexual/heterosexual or eve black/white (Rutherford, 2007).

This paper will adopt a unique format in discussing the aspects of identity as conventionally understood. Three images will be picked and discussed one after another. Each will be discussed depending on its uniqueness on the real thing that it represents, the creator of the image, the sociological and cultural perspectives that it represents and all the attributes that it possesses. The idea will be to discuss identity in an imagery perspective unlike a theoretical form whereby the aspects will not be as clear as they would be when represented as images. One image will be different to the other because it was either produced by a different artist or it represents a different reality in life.

Image 1: Marilyn by Andy Warhol

Image 2: Fountain by Marcel Duchamp

Image 3: Elephant and the Boa, adapted from the book “The Little Prince”

Conclusion

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Illustrations:
Image 1 represents a piece or art by Andy Warhol which he did in 1962 and measure 205.44 cm × 289.56 cm (80.88 in × 114.00 in). Retrieved at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Diptych
Image 2 represents the fountain by Marcel Duchamp and measures 15 in. x 19 1/4 in. x 24 5/8 in. (38.1 cm x 48.9 cm x 62.55 cm). It was acquired in 1998
Retrieved from: http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/25853
Image 3 represents the elephant andthe boa adapted from the book “The Little Prince” available at http://www.angelfire.com/hi/littleprince/chapter1.html
Bibliography
Adamson, T. (2012). Little Prince Discovery Offers New Insight . Associated Press.
Bauman, Z. (2004). Identity. Polity Press.
Dunning, J. (2010). In the Footsteps of Saint-Exupery . The New York Times.
Elliott, A. (2013). Concepts of Self, 3rd Ed. Polity Press.
Gay, P. D. (2009). Identity In Question. Sage.