Diane Victor Identity

An Investigation into the Loss of Identity through Society and Art between My Work, Diane Victor, Titus Kaphar and Frida Kahlo

In society today so much pressure has been placed on individuals to live up to these high expectations. Individuals feel pressured and restrict themselves from doing jobs they may not like, in order to meet societal expectations of success, status or financial stability. Many of our behaviours are limited by the fear of being judged by others. It can cause individuals to lie about their achievements in order to feel dignified or force others to fear exposing themselves in public. Society shapes peoples belief systems, behaviours and values. It affects individual’s tastes in art, music and fashion. Everyone is influence

Diane Victor’s style includes creating a sketch merely from charcoal and the smoke from a candle. What inspired me in these works was how the images were both blurred at certain points and how there were no harsh but only soft imaginary. The texture of her work is also real which heightens the sense of illusionistic space. There was repetition of her style in all of her artworks but the composition of her works arranged the piece as a whole. I tried to create this resemblance in my own series of artworks.

Diane Victor often creates artworks that represent the personal and social violence she has endured throughout her life. She avoids the trappings of social realism and her work is deeply rooted in the troubled consciousness of South Africa. She has a consummate skill for charcoal and soot and an incredible sense for detail. Diane has an intensive emotive quality and conveys her opinion of society through her

Each artwork consists of a sketch of a woman’s face that has been cut up into squares or strips and placed in the correct order on a page so you can still make out what the image is but it has been distorted. The image starts off normal but as your eyes move further up the page the artwork starts to become more and more distorted. This represents how an individual starts off whole and then with time slowly starts to lose their individualism under the influence of society.

Titus Kaphar and his artwork “Stripes” (Figure H) inspired my “Fragment Allotment” series. This artwork by Titus Kaphar was oil on canvas and nails. The artwork has been cut up into strips which create a sense of all over-ness. I tried to create this all over-ness in my artwork but with a more structure form. Titus produces aesthetically striking and engaging artworks that often blur the line between historical fact and fiction. He also engages with various social issues such as the criminal justice system.

How Frida Kahlo Influenced my Loss of Identity Theme through Society and