artists

**Artists Explored in This Unit**
A collection of (obscure, unloved, displaced) [|Superheroes] by [|Danny Zabbal]

Check out Mexican immigrant Dulce Pinzon’s [|superhero photos] of ordinary men and women in their work environment donning superhero garb of interest.

**Zebra Crossing - Julio Morales** [] Why do zebras have stripes? Morales takes this simple question as the basis of an interactive sound and video installation that explores issues of global adaptation, cultural assimilation and the strategy of camouflage. He accomplishes this by comparing zebras in the wild to the “zonkeys” or “Tijuana Zebras"— donkeys painted to resemble zebras that serve as tourist photo-ops on the streets of Tijuana, Mexico. Visitors are invited to participate in Morales installation by answering a series of questions related to issues of identity, blending in, and standing out in contemporary society.

aleXsandro Palombo
http://humorchic.blogspot.com "When I put pencil to paper, I know where I'll start but I don't know where I'll finish" aleXsandro Palombo
 * "**Humor Chic is a daily society portrait blog, an illustrated point of view about fashion, costume, culture, society and celebrity.

[] Upon first viewing Levi Van Veluw’s photography, my mind immediately drew parallels to the resurgence in the interest in the mask, and film-inspired disguise in contemporary photography, ranging from Gillian Wearing’s diaristic and macabre facial effigies of sorts, to Hanna Liden’s gothic black metal inclinations, or even Cindy Sherman’s self-portraiture. CELEBRITY
 * Levi Van Veluw** (CR)

Artist who dresses like iconic women and men CELEBRITY [|http://oneartworld.com/artists/Y/Yasumasa+Morimura.html]
 * Yasumasa Morimura** (JS)

-artist who works with costumes and mannequins []
 * Paul McCarthy** (JS)

Duchamp invented his best-known alter ego, Rrose Sélavy, in the early 1920s. Indeed, his attention to self-representation would become a hallmark of his art and would revolutionize portraiture, transforming it into a conceptual enterprise. ALTER-EGO []
 * Marcel Duchamp** (CR)

Artist wears own superhero costume while painting comics ALTER-EGO [|http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/hancock/]
 * Trenton Doyle-Hancock** (JS)

-Artist uses models and military uniforms CAMOUFLAGE [] l
 * Collier Schorr** (JS)

-artist uses models and costumes []
 * Eleanor Antin** (JS)

**Mark Newport** (CR)
-hand knits super hero costumes ALTER-EGO www.gregkucera.com/newport.htm Q+A on Smithsonian Magazine site tinyurl.com/kml7be

-Trained as a dancer, Cave makes full body suits that create sound and motion. tinyurl.com/c263m7
 * Nick Cave** (CR)

 edu.warhol.org/aract_camo.html
 * Andy Warhol & Camouflage** (CR) CAMOUFLAGE

tinyurl.com/yftfwrh
 * Saul Steinberg** (CR)

[|www.cindysherman.com] "A mistress of disguise Cindy Sherman's self-portraits reveal an inclination for impersonation" CELEBRITY
 * Cindy Sherman ** (CR)

Cindy Sherman on Art:21 Blog: @http://blog.art21.org/?s=disguise (MS)

Australian Performance Artist whose work inspired the worlds of fashion, art, and club culture. []
 * Leigh Bowery** (KS) **Preview this website before viewing it in the classroom.**

@http://www.artnet.com/artist/10281/nikki-s-lee.html
 * Nikki S. Lee** (MS) CAMOUFLAGE

Cahun's work encompassed writing, photography, and theater. She is most remembered for her highly-staged self portraits and tableaux that incorporated the visual aesthetics of Surrealism. []
 * Claude Cahun** (KS)

Photographer Kimiko Yoshida transforms herself into the brides of the world in an ongoing series of self-portraits taken over the last seven years. []
 * Kimiko Yoshida** (KS)

A performance artist who acts as an Elvis "translator," known as El Vez. CELEBRITY []
 * Robert Lopez** (KS)

"In an instance where camouflage is akin to armor, Hamilton is seen standing and from the back, wearing a pinstriped suit covered with thousands of tiny. In this scenario, the artist has fashioned a new and tougher skin for herself." CAMOUFLAGE @http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/hamilton/card1.html
 * Artist Ann Hamilton** (MS)

@http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/sikander/clip2.html
 * Artist Shahzia Sikander** (MS)

" In her installation Becoming (2003), Candice Breitz slips awkwardly into the roles of seven popular Hollywood actresses (Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez, Meg Ryan, Neve Campbell, Reese Witherspoon and Drew Barrymore)..." CELEBRITY []
 * Candice Breitz** (KS)

I'm intrigued by how each of these artists use disguise in different ways. Disguise, as I discussed briefly in the **//Brainstorming//** section, can be divided up into two categories--camouflage and costume. Camouflage is disguise used to blend in, for the goal of discretion. Costume is the complete opposite of camouflage, where the main purpose is to stick out, and be easily noticed. Some of the above artists' work touches slightly on both categories--for example, Levi Van Veluw, who covers his head in materials designed to blend in with a natural environment (wood patterning, a wintry landscape, etc...). However, it is obvious to anyone who looks that this person would stick out like a sore thumb. Therefore, while he works with camouflage, it is also considered a costume.

I've labeled some of the artists according to how they use disguise--artists like Cindy Sherman and Candice Breitz, who seek to disguise their true selves behind the mask of someone relatively well-known are listed as "Celebrity" disguise wearers. Artists like Nikki S. Lee, who strives to fit in with whichever current group of people catches her fancy, are listed as "Camouflage" disguise wearers. Artists who work with superhero costumes or alternate personas, creating work about a specific other self, are listed as "Alter-Ego" disguise wearers. (KS)