Sorry, but I couldn't help it. I think this is such a cheesy interpretation of individuality but I think this image is Hilarious.
I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint. -Georgia O'Keeffe
Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done. -William James
Text:
GEORG SIMMEL ON INDIVIDUALITY AND SOCIAL FORMS Simmel, Georg. Georg Simmel On Individuality and Social Forms. 1st ed.
Chicago, Il: The University of Chicago Press, 1971. Print.
My work this semester is going to be stemming primarily from my own personal experiences and how they relate to the person I am now or how I relate to them now that they are past. I am a firm believer that experiences both good and bad shape who we are as individuals and that the more we know about ourselves the better we will be able to successfully communicate our ideas to others.
I found Prabuddha Dasgupta’s work in relation to his series “Longing” which focuses strongly on memory. I find this series interesting because it’s journalistic approach to memory is the opposite of what I want to do with my work. I want to use memory to retroactively create a photographic biography or history of sorts. The one thing that I really take away from his work is the non-linear or imprecise nature of memory, which is something I am interested in exploring in my own work.
Bio:
"Prabuddha Dasgupta is a self-taught photographer who grew up in the cultural chaos of post-colonial India.
In 1996, Prabuddha Dasgupta broke a taboo by publishing 'Women' (Viking Books), a controversial collection of portraits and nudes of urban Indian women…
In the decade that followed, Dasgupta pursued a variety of photographic projects, while unapologetically straddling the two worlds of commissioned and artistic work, bringing to both, a bold, individualistic sensibility that very quickly placed him in the ranks of major photographic talent in the country.
Dasgupta's work has been exhibited internationally, both in solo and group shows, and published in Indian, French, English, Italian and American magazines. He is also the recipient of many grants and awards, including the Yves Saint Laurent grant for photography in1991, and his work is in the collections of many individuals and institutions, like the Museo Ken Damy, Brescia, Italy, and Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy." (“Aicon Gallery”)
Quotes Regarding Artist’s Work:
“The intent is to create an oblique, non-linear narrative, which seeks to evoke through the selective memory of my experiences, a journey of the viewer’s own.” (Burn Magazine.)
“Time and space, the two frameworks so embedded in our psyche, become irrelevant in Dasgupta’s compositions. He goes beyond explicit spatial and temporal locations to explore the triumphs and victories of an individual…” (“Safron Art”)
"Home and the World Artist Biographies." Aicon Gallery. Aicon Gallery New York London, 27 02 2010. Web. 6 Sep 2010. http://www.aicongallery.com/exhibitions/2010-01-28_home-and-the-world/bios/.
Sorry, but I couldn't help it. I think this is such a cheesy interpretation of individuality but I think this image is Hilarious.
