Patterson replaced the names of stations with names of philosophers, film stars, explorers, saints and celebrities, and thus drew parallels between spatial orientation and formations of identity through education and popular culture. (iniva.org)
Studies conducted in connection with attachment styles have expressed the importance of this variable such that attachment lays the foundation of healthy emotional and social development in adulthood and affects the successful formation of identity that is associated with mental health. (scirp.org)
As expressed in the exhibition text, Unfinished Conversations considered the intertwining themes of social protest, the effect of history on the formation of identity, and how fact and fiction can be juxtaposed in art. (davidzwirner.com)