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Mon art : identités personnelles

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Introduction

Clarissa Inglis : Vadrouilles et Lessive

Brian Burke : Homme

Micah Lexier : Livres-sculptures

Notre identité individuelle se définit et se redéfinit constamment, tout comme l'identité nationale et les identités culturelles. La question "Qui suis-je?" produit différentes réponses, qui changent avec le temps selon nos expériences et nos relations. Ce que nous sommes change constamment, à l'instar de notre façon de poser notre identité comme hommes ou femmes, fils ou filles, et de créer des images de nous qui englobent notre race, notre langue et nos communautés. Il n'y a pas une façon unique de nous définir.

Les trois œuvres du module 5 abordent l'identité sexuelle et la façon dont nos relations avec les gens qui nous entourent modèlent notre identité personnelle. Les artistes contemporains essaient de mieux nous faire comprendre que les images qui nous sont proposées modèlent la vision que nous avons de nous et que nous continuons de construire notre identité, en y ajoutant des couches. C'est dans cette perspective que Clarissa Inglis a choisi d'utiliser des objets domestiques pour traiter de l'expérience des femmes à la maison. L'œuvre de Brian Burke touche l'identité et la culture des hommes. Micah Lexier s'attaque pour sa part à une vaste gamme de relations personnelles et familiales.

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