Other works explore how art can bridge creativity and citizenship in an increasingly complicated
matrix of identity formation and political conflict.
Wǒmen (我们): Contemporary Chinese Art showcases work by a selection of contemporary Chinese women artists who engage with issues
of identity formation in a globalized society marked by rapid urbanization and the incursion of digital technologies in China.
Two factors have made this more difficult in our postmodern world: the emergence of a new stage in the lifecycle, adolescence, which focuses on
issues of identity formation; and the reality of massive cultural pluralism.
Further information for Editors: SEAMUS NOLAN Seamus Nolan is a Dublin based artist whose work practice explores the legitimacy of its own appropriation, interrogating the fabric of our social and cultural make up, to reveal the narrative
of identity formation within common materials and activities.
Join moderator Leah Bloom, LMFT, a faculty member at the Chicago Center For Family Health and an adult internationally adopted person, as she leads our panel through a discussion about the
intricacies of identity formation within an adopted individual.
«Smile Orange» was a group exhibition of painting, photography and video works that explored
dynamics of identity formation (and their reliance on history and memory) from a personal, communal and national perspective.
De'Souza - Hartley's work is inspired by the local, narratives of the body in relation to the history of place and coded space, and the
complexities of identity formation.
Often working with female nudes, Saar is among a larger generation of artists who recognize the body as a
site of identity formation, acknowledging historical injustices and presenting defiant figures that seem to transcend their pasts.
Piper Marshall said: «Often we keep objects for personal reasons, for their
gauge of our identity formation, for their marking of passed time, or for their status in relationship to a period in life.
We used three identity processes (i.e., commitment, in - depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment) from a recently developed
model of identity formation to derive empirically identity statuses in a sample of 1952 early and middle adolescents.
Most criticism of the Erikson theory is about the narrow
framework of identity formation: «Does it only happen between 13 - 19 of age - and what about important events and experiences earlier or later than this?
Fallah's ornate environments combine visual vocabularies of painting and collage with elements of installation and sound to deconstruct
modes of identity formation.
According to Kleiber (1999), over time, leisure interests lead to skills, which lead in turn to commitment, a key
component of identity formation (Marcia, 1980).
Through a multimedia practice that demands vulnerability of both the artist and viewer, Sara Jimenez investigates the process
of identity formation: how we claim ourselves in an impermanent world.
His ornate environments combine visual vocabularies of painting and collage with elements of installation to deconstruct material modes
of identity formation.